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Florida Woman Sues Gun Maker in Death of Teenage Son - Thursday, June 21, 2007
In mid-June 2007, a
Bullard sued RKB Investments, an umbrella partnership set up in
Billy Bullard was killed in March 2000 after his older sister, Tiffany, legally purchased one of the guns in a local pawn shop for protection and then accidentally dropped the gun on a glass table causing it to discharge. The bullet struck her brother in the aorta, and he died on the way to a hospital.
Bullard's attorney stated that he doesn't expect his client or any of the other plaintiffs to see any money anytime soon as the verdict will be appealed and will likely be tied up in the courts for at least two more years.
Grist said his client's lawsuit wasn't an attempt to curb the rights of gun owners but to get a dangerous product off the street. Grist said, "This has nothing to do with the rights of gun owners; nobody should be able to manufacture a defective product."
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