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Uvalde school shooting victims sue Activision, claiming it's the "most prolific marketer of weapons in the US"

The families of those killed in the Uvalde school shooting in 2022 have filed lawsuits against Call of Duty publisher A…

As reported by The New York Times ( £) (thanks, PC Gamer), the dual lawsuits – one filed in California, the other in Texas – claim that the killer bought a Daniel Defense M4 V7 on his 18th birthday after seeing the gun in Call of Duty games. They also take issue with Meta's Instagram and the arms manufacturer, Daniel Defense, too, saying that were it not for technology and video games, the socially isolated teenager living in rural Texas would not have been able to contact the gun maker. Activision says that whilst it shares its "deepest sympathies" to all those impacted by the mass shooting, "millions of people around the world enjoy video games without turning to horrific acts".

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