City of Rochester Mayor Malik Evans was joined today by Corporation Counsel Linda S. Kingsley and attorneys from Napoli Shkolnik PLLC to announce the City is filing a lawsuit in State Court against firearm industry members for their role in fueling the gun violence crisis in the City of Rochester.

The suit seeks to hold manufacturers, makers, importers, and distributors of firearms responsible for the illegal and unreasonable sale, manufacture, distribution, importing, and marketing of firearms. The City seeks compensatory and punitive damages, the creation of an abatement fund, and reimbursement of attorneys’ fees.

Gun violence in Rochester has surged over the past two years, as it has across the country. Possible causes include economic stress linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, national civil unrest, and the increased availability of illegal firearms.

The Defendants, such as Beretta, Smith & Wesson, Glock, Remington and Bushmaster, and Ghost Gun companies like Polymer 80 and Arm or Ally, manufactured or distributed thousands of firearms recovered in crimes committed in the City of Rochester and New York State.

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