MI – RETAILERS – Mother files lawsuit against Mason gun range following daughter’s murder
A Michigan mother is suing a gun range after her daughter’s ex-boyfriend killed her with a gun obtained from a Mason gun range. The lawsuit alleges the gun range owners and four employees allowed a total of two rented semi-automatic firearms, a 1911-style handgun and a Glock 17 Gen-4 handgun to Rachel Duncan’s ex-boyfriend, who was prohibited from possessing guns. The ex-boyfriend left the gun range with the Glock, which was loaded and used to kill Rachel Duncan at a JoAnn Fabric Store where she worked in Lansing. Moments after, after shooting Rachel Duncan multiple times, the shooter took his own life. The shooter already had a personal protective order (PPO) against him filed by Rachel Duncan in March 2018 because he had displayed, “violent, controlling and or threatening behavior toward her.” The PPO prohibited the shooter from possessing a gun under Michigan and federal law. The shooter had tried several times before to buy a Smith a Wesson handgun from a Michigan dealer a couple of weeks before the shooting, but the dealer stopped the sale due to a Brady Background Check, showing he was barred from owning a gun. The system worked one time, but the shooter found one store to rent him a gun. At Total Firearms gun range, the staff allowed him to rent guns without screening him or requiring him to produce a Michigan Pistol license and allowed him to leave the premises with the gun. [full article]