STATE OF MICHIGAN
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF WAYNE
DENNIS W. ARCHER,
Mayor of the City of Detroit and
CITY OF DETROIT, a
municipal corporation,
Plaintiffs,
Case No. 99 912 658 NZ
Hon. Dalton A. Roberson
vs.
ARMS TECHNOLOGY, INC., BERETTA
USA CORP., B.L. JENNINGS, INC.,
BROWNING ARMS CO., BRYCO ARMS,
INC., COBRAY FIREARMS, COLT'S COMPLAINT AND
MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., DEMAND FOR TRIAL BY JURY
DAVIS INDUSTRIES, FMJ (a/k/a
"FULL METAL JACKET"), GLOCK, INC.,
H & R 1871, INC., MKS SUPPLY,
INC., d/b/a HI-POINT FIREARMS,
INTERNATIONAL ARMAMENT CORP., d/b/a
INTERARMS INDUSTRIES, INC.,
KEL-TEC CNC INDUSTRIES, INC.,
LORCIN ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC.,
MOSSBERG & SONS, INC., NAVEGAR, INC.,
d/b/a INTRATEC USA, INC., PHOENIX
ARMS, RAVEN ARMS, INC., SMITH &
WESSON CORP., STURM RUGER & COMPANY,
INC., SUNDANCE INDUSTRIES, INC.,
S.W. DANIEL, INC., TAURUS INTERNATIONAL
MANUFACTURING, INC., ALEXANDER'S SPORT
SHOP, INC., a Michigan Corporation,
d/b/a ALEXANDER'S GUN SHOP AND GUN
RANGE, DEAN'S GUN SHOP, a Michigan
Corporation, DICK'S SPORTING GOODS,
a Michigan Corporation, GANDER MOUNTAIN,
a Michigan Corporation, GIBRALTAR TRADE
CENTER, INC., a Michigan Corporation,
J.S. SPORTING GOODS, a Michigan
Corporation, LORTZ, LTD., a Michigan
Corporation, d/b/a MIDWEST ORDNANCE,
SNIPPETS:
Mayor of the City of Detroit and CITY OF DETROIT, a municipal corporation,
ARMS TECHNOLOGY, INC., BERETTA USA CORP., B.L. JENNINGS, INC., BROWNING ARMS CO., BRYCO ARMS,
DAVIS INDUSTRIES, FMJ (a/k/a
INC., d/b/a HI-POINT FIREARMS, INTERNATIONAL ARMAMENT CORP., d/b/a
SHOP, INC., a Michigan Corporation, d/b/a ALEXANDER'S GUN SHOP AND GUN RANGE, DEAN'S GUN
_______________________________________/ SAMUEL L. SIMPSON DAVID W. CHRISTENSEN CHARFOOS &
Defendants, and each of them, their agents, servants and/or employees, either real or
the Defendant manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of handguns and other firearms
distributed guns in a manner that foreseeably injures the City of Detroit, its employees,
Defendants employ a careful strategy which couples manufacturing decisions,
illegitimate secondary market in firearms.
its employees, and its citizens not to impose an unreasonable risk of foreseeable harm,
purchases, multiple sales, and diversion of corrupt dealers designed to supply a steady
to these illegal purchasers, including criminals and youths.
lucrative business at Plaintiffs' social and economic expense.
the laws of the State of Michigan.
Defendant Arms Technology, Inc. is a corporation
state and is thereby subject to the jurisdiction of Michigan's courts.
Beretta is engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling firearms through
Defendant International Armament Corp. d/b/a Interarms Industries,
Defendant Lorcin Engineering Co., Inc. is a corporation organized
Defendant Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. ("Sturm Ruger") is a corporation
all relevant times, was conducting business in Taylor, Michigan.
The above-referenced sampling of case summaries further substantiates
juveniles and convicted felons, and used in crime.
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