Families of the victims of the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas filed multiple lawsuits against companies they believe, in different ways, allowed the tragedy to happen.One of the lawsuits names multiple video game companies, Microsoft, and Instagram parent company Meta, among others.The families claim the companies bear responsibility for the products used by the teenage gunman.
Before the Uvalde school shooter, there was the Parkland school shooter, and before him, the Sandy Hook school shooter. These were the three most deadly K-12 school shootings in American history. In each one, the shooter was between the ages of 18 and 21 years old; in each one, the shooter was a devoted player of Call of Duty; and in each one, the shooter committed their attack in tactical gear, wielding an assault rifle," reads the lawsuit.