The city of Philadelphia announced it has filed civil lawsuits against three local gun shops for facilitating illegal strawman purchases that put 1,300 guns on the streets that were used in crimes in the city, the WPVI ABC-6 in Philly reports.
The lawsuit specifically cites the sales of at least 158 guns to at least 32 straw purchasers between March 2018 and March 2022. The city was joined in the suit by counsel from law firm Kramer Levin and Everytown Law, the legal side of a gun control advocacy group. The city seeks unspecified damages from Tanner’s Sports Center in Jamison in neighboring Bucks County’ Delia’s Gun Shop in the Wissinoming neighborhood; and Franks Gun Shop in the Holmesburg neighborhood.