Gun Accessory Maker Settles Buffalo Tops Shooting Claims for $1.75 Million
Mean Arms will pay $1.75 million to survivors and families of the 10 victims of the Buffalo supermarket shooting and is permanently barred from selling its MA‑Lock magazine‑locking device in New York, after Attorney General Letitia James alleged the company’s packaging included step‑by‑step instructions for removing the lock that undermined the state’s high‑capacity‑magazine ban. Victims’ families and survivors separately settled with gun seller Vintage Firearms LLC — which has permanently closed and whose owner agreed not to seek another federal firearms license — and there have been confidential settlements with the parents of shooter Payton Gendron while his federal hate‑crime and weapons trial, in which the DOJ is seeking the death penalty, remains pending.
📌 Key Facts
- Mean Arms will pay $1.75 million to survivors and families of the 10 victims of the Buffalo Tops shooting and is permanently barred from selling its MA‑Lock magazine‑locking device in New York.
- New York Attorney General Letitia James alleged Mean Arms’ MA‑Lock packaging included step‑by‑step instructions showing how to remove the lock, effectively undermining the state’s high‑capacity‑magazine ban.
- Victims’ families and survivors separately settled with gun seller Vintage Firearms LLC; the shop has permanently closed and its owner agreed not to seek another federal firearms license.
- Confidential settlements were reached with the parents of gunman Payton Gendron.
- Payton Gendron’s federal hate‑crime and weapons trial is still pending, and the Department of Justice is seeking the death penalty.
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- Confirms Mean Arms will pay $1.75 million to survivors and families of the 10 victims and is permanently barred from selling its MA‑Lock magazine‑locking device in New York.
- Details Attorney General Letitia James’ allegation that Mean Arms provided step‑by‑step instructions on its packaging showing how to remove the lock, undercutting New York’s high‑capacity‑magazine ban.
- Reports that victims’ families and survivors have separately settled with gun seller Vintage Firearms LLC, which has now permanently closed, and that its owner agreed not to seek another federal firearms license.
- Notes confidential settlements with the parents of gunman Payton Gendron, while his federal hate‑crime and weapons trial, in which DOJ is seeking the death penalty, is still pending.