Overview

• A Baltimore jury found Hanover Armory liable on Wednesday for selling unserialized firearm kits that the city argued helped fuel violent crime.
• City officials said the $62 million verdict is the largest ever against a gun dealer in the United States.
• Baltimore plans to manage the funds and distribute them to three community violence intervention groups.
• The 2022 suit alleged negligence, public nuisance, and consumer-protection violations, saying the shop sold kits without background checks that appealed to prohibited purchasers.
• Maryland banned ghost guns in 2022, Baltimore police reported a 1,500% rise in seizures from 2019 to 2022, and Polymer80 settled with the city for $1.2 million before later shutting down.