A wrongful death lawsuit in Louisville alleges that Husky Armory, an online dealer, negligently sold a ghost-gun kit to Henry Willis, an 18-year-old who tragically took his own life shortly after receiving the kit. The suit claims the company sold the kit without verifying his age or conducting necessary background checks, despite Willis’s mental health challenges and legal restrictions on his access to firearms.
Willis’s mother, Laura Herp, is pursuing the case with the support of the gun violence prevention group Everytown, asserting that if Husky Armory had followed federal laws, her son would never have been able to access the kit. The complaint draws attention to the broader issue of ghost guns—unregistered and virtually untraceable weapons—that have become increasingly available online. In Kentucky, the youth firearm suicide rate is 82.5% higher than the national average, underscoring the urgent need for stricter regulations on such firearms.
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