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EDITOR\u2019S NOTE \u2014 This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. There is also an online chat at 988lifeline.org. Helplines outside the U.S. can be found at www.iasp.info\/suicidalthoughts.<\/em><\/p>\n

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) \u2014 A ghost gun company has been ordered to pay more than $100 million in the death of a Kentucky teenager who had purchased the company\u2019s pistol-building kit online.<\/p>\n

The verdict \u2014 believed to be the largest-ever against a gun dealer \u2014 was awarded by a jury Wednesday following a trial focused on whether the vendor, Husky Armory LLC, skirted federal regulations barring the sale of the gun-assembly kits to those under 21.<\/p>\n

In a wrongful-death lawsuit, the family of Henry Willis said he was just 18 when he purchased the Glock G19 pistol \u201cbuild kit\u201d from Husky Armory\u2019s website in 2023. He assembled the handgun in his garage \u2014 telling his father it was a transistor radio \u2014 and used it to end his life six days later.<\/p>\n

Everytown Law, which represented the family, said the $104.2 million payout was the largest ever reached against a gun seller, surpassing the $73 million settlement awarded to the families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting by the rifle-maker Remington.<\/p>\n

It comes a little over a year after the Supreme Court upheld regulations enacted by the Biden administration that mandated serial numbers on the homemade weapons and required buyers to complete background checks and age verification.<\/p>\n

Attorneys for Willis said Husky Armory had flouted each of those requirements.<\/p>\n

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Their website advertised the product as having \u201ceverything you need to build your own Glock style pistol from the comfort of your home,\u201d noting the weapon could be assembled by \u201cnearly anyone with a brain,\u201d according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

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Inquiries to Husky Armory LLC and its owner, Cody Yurk, were not immediately returned. The company, which is based in Omaha, Nebraska, was not present for the trial, according to the family and their attorneys.<\/p>\n

At a news conference Thursday, Willis\u2019 mother, Laura Herp, described her son as a \u201ckind, gentle child\u201d who had struggled with mental health issues in the months leading up to his death.<\/p>\n

\u201cA child in crisis should never be able to access a deadly weapon,\u201d Herp said. \u201cCompanies like Husky Armory thrive off selling to folks who shouldn\u2019t have access to firearms, and they didn\u2019t care who Henry was. They didn\u2019t even bother showing up to the trial.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A state court in Louisville had previously issued a default judgment against the vendor for failing to respond to the lawsuit. Following a two-day trial this week, a jury awarded $4.2 million in economic damages and $100 million in punitive damages to the family.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis historic verdict sends a powerful message to ghost-gun sellers who set up businesses to profit by circumventing critical safeguards like background checks and age verification,\u201d said Dana Mulhauser, an attorney for Everytown Law. \u201cHenry should be home with his family today, and Laura deserved more time and opportunity to help her son heal.\u201d<\/p>\n

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