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TexasTowelie

(116,510 posts) Tue Jun 11, 2024, 08:02 AM Jun 2024

Families of Uvalde school shooting victims sue FedEx, UPS - NewsNation

FedEx delivered the AR-15-style rifle to Oasis Outback, which is where the shooter picked up the firearm, the lawsuit alleges. The plaintiffs also claim UPS sent the hellfire trigger modification, which allows a semiautomatic rifle to shoot at a faster rate of speed, to the shooter.

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Families of Uvalde school shooting victims sue FedEx, UPS - NewsNation (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2024 OP

To coin a phrase: shoot the messinger service? marble falls Jun 2024 #1

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marble falls

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1. To coin a phrase: shoot the messinger service?

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303squadron

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2. Quicksilver Murdering Service

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"The lawsuit cited the UPS conditions of carriage as proof of a violation. The UPS conditions state that, “Shipments must not contain goods which might endanger human or animal life or any means of transportation."

The families also said that the shipment of the Hell Fire trigger to the gunman’s house was a violation of school zone area protections. The gunman’s house was less than 1,000 feet away from the Robb Elementary School zone. "

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