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Ghost gun company ordered to pay $100M in the death of a Kentucky teen in historic verdict
- A jury hit ghost-gun vendor Husky Armory with a $104.2 million judgment after an 18-year-old bought a pistol "build kit" online, assembled it and later died by suicide — said to be the largest verdict against a gun seller.
- The family and lawyers allege the company flouted federal safeguards (serial numbers, background checks, age checks) and the vendor didn’t respond to the lawsuit or attend the trial.
- The ruling comes after the Supreme Court upheld new rules on homemade guns and has intensified debate over ghost-gun sales and safety protections.
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