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Lawsuit: NRA's rhetoric spurred deadly Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

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(Office of Gov. Tom Wolf)PITTSBURGH - The son of a couple killed in a Pittsburgh synagogue attack that killed 11 worshippers is suing the National Rifle Association, arguing the group’s inflammatory rhetoric led to the violence.Marc Simon, the son of Sylvan and Bernice Simon, filed the wrongful death lawsuit Thursday in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court against the NRA, the gun maker Colt’s Manufacturing Co., and accused shooter, Robert Bowers, news outlets reported.

Colt manufactured the AR-15 semi-automatic rifle allegedly used by Bowers.A fourth defendant is the unknown business that sold Bowers the gun.Bowers is charged with killing 11 congregants at the Tree of Life synagogue in the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S.

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