The suit alleges the company negligently and unlawfully sold an 'untraceable home-assembled gun kit' that resulted in the September attack in Compton.
It was the latest effort to deal with the proliferation of ghost guns, which are put together from commercial kits or parts bought online. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives doesn’t consider the uncompleted kits to be firearms, so buyers don’t have to undergo the usual background checks, and in most states the guns aren’t required to have serial numbers.
The attacker fired through the car’s passenger window. Apolinar and Perez-Perez were shot in the head and arms. Neither has been able to return to work, according to the lawsuit.Attempted murder charges have been filed against Deonte Lee Murray, 36, in the attack at the Compton Metro station earlier this month.
Investigators said a gun Murray threw from a car window while he was being pursued matched the one used to shoot the deputies.The kit provided most of the parts for a handgun and was compatible with Glock components, according to Polymer80’s website. “Defendants knew and could foresee — but consciously disregarded the risk — that they were creating and contributing to a direct and secondary market for illegal, unserialized and untraceable guns, knowing that their firearms were likely to end up in the hands of criminals and were likely to be used for criminal purposes,” the suit contended.Emails seeking comment from the company weren’t immediately returned.