


The families of those killed during the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, filed a lawsuit against gun manufacturer Daniel Defense, Meta, and Microsoft on Friday.
This lawsuit comes on the second anniversary of the day a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at the school. The 18-year-old shooter used a gun made by Daniel Defense. In addition, the families allege that Activision Blizzard, whose parent company is Microsoft, marketed assault rifles to teenage boys with its Call of Duty video game and that Instagram, whose parent company is Meta, allowed the marketing to happen on its platform. Now their wrongful death lawsuit is seeking damages from these companies.
The Washington Examiner reached out to Meta, Google, and Daniel Defense for comment.
Law firm Koskoff Koskoff and Bieder is representing the families in this lawsuit along with another lawsuit against over 90 Texas Department of Safety Officers for not intervening faster. Two officers were arrested due to their 77-minute delay on the day of the shooting. This is also the same law firm that succeeded in getting a $73 million settlement from gun manufacturer Remington in 2022 on behalf of the Sandy Hook Elementary School victims’ families in 2012.
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These families in Uvalde also received $2 million from the city on Wednesday. The settlement also promised additional training for officers. Uvalde paid for the settlement with its insurance coverage.
Earlier this year, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg issued an apology to families of teenage users of his app Instagram during a congressional hearing. Among those in attendance at the hearing were families whose children had killed themselves after their activity on the social media platform.