See bold section. If they can indeed prove it was not a legal transaction than maybe they have a case. They don't mention how it was (supposedly) illegal to sell that stuff to him. Like most actions taken by the Brady Bunch and legal representatives, they wish it were illegal and hope by saying it in the press enough times, enough people will assume it's true. Some states like MA have banned the sale of ammo over the 'net for example (sending ammo prices up of course) but I don't think that's true of CO at the time of the shooting. Anyone know the legality of purchasing the items listed in the article being purchased via 'net/mail order on CO?
The parents of a woman killed in the Colorado theater shootings filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing four online retailers of improperly selling ammunition, tear gas, a high-capacity magazine and body armor used in the attack.
The lawsuit alleges it was illegal and negligent to sell the gear to James Holmes, who is accused of killing 12 people and injuring 70 in the July 20, 2012, attack.
It says the companies had no safeguards to keep dangerous people from buying their goods.
"It was highly foreseeable to (the) defendants that their potential customers included persons with criminal intent, including persons such as James Holmes," the lawsuit says.
The suit was filed by Sandy and Lonnie Phillips of San Antonio, whose daughter, Jessica Ghawi (GAH'-wee), was among the dead.
"We're putting them on notice," Lonnie Phillips said at a news conference in Denver. "We're coming after you."
The parents of a woman killed in the Colorado theater shootings filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing four online retailers of improperly selling ammunition, tear gas, a high-capacity magazine and body armor used in the attack.
The lawsuit alleges it was illegal and negligent to sell the gear to James Holmes, who is accused of killing 12 people and injuring 70 in the July 20, 2012, attack.
It says the companies had no safeguards to keep dangerous people from buying their goods.
"It was highly foreseeable to (the) defendants that their potential customers included persons with criminal intent, including persons such as James Holmes," the lawsuit says.
The suit was filed by Sandy and Lonnie Phillips of San Antonio, whose daughter, Jessica Ghawi (GAH'-wee), was among the dead.
"We're putting them on notice," Lonnie Phillips said at a news conference in Denver. "We're coming after you."
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