YouTube and Reddit are sued for allegedly enabling the racist mass shooting in Buffalo that left 10 dead

L4sBot · 11 months ago

YouTube and Reddit are sued for allegedly enabling the racist mass shooting in Buffalo that left 10 dead

@some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 11 months ago

The lawsuit claims Mean LLC manufactured an easily removable gun lock, offering a way to circumvent New York laws prohibiting assault weapons and large-capacity magazines.

This seems like the only part of the suits that might have traction. All the other bits seem easy to dismiss. That’s not a statement on whether others share responsibility, only on what seems legally actionable in the US.

@FireTower@lemmy.world · 11 months ago

Here’s an install video of what I assume was the product in question based on the named LLC. https://youtu.be/EjJdMfuH9q4

Shy of completely destroying the the lock and catch system by drilling the mechanism I don’t see an effective way of removing it.

I don’t think it’d meet the court’s standards for easily removable given it’d require power tools and would permanently alter the device in an unfamiliar reversible way.

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