Survivor of 2022 D.C. sniper attack sues gunmakers over military-style ads (Washington Post)

The Washington Post | October 2, 2023

A Maryland woman who suffered gunshot wounds in a sniper attack last year outside a D.C. school filed a lawsuit over the weekend against several gun manufacturers, alleging that their marketing practices glorify violence and contribute to an epidemic of mass shootings.

Karen Lowy was sitting in an SUV on the afternoon of April 22, 2022, waiting to pick up her daughter, a student at the Edmund Burke School in Northwest Washington. A heavily armed 23-year-old shooter began firing at the school from inside a fifth-story apartment nearby, injuring four people before he fatally shot himself as police closed in on him. In all, he fired at least 239 rounds, authorities said.

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