Fleet Farm, a Wisconsin retailer, just settled a $1 million lawsuit after allegedly selling nearly 40 guns to straw purchasers over 18 months — one of which was used in a 2021 mass shooting. As part of the deal, they’re upgrading gun safety measures, training staff, and deploying new software to track sales and flag suspicious buyers. But the drama deepened when Fleet Farm sought to dismiss the case, triggering the release of damning documents — including an email from a store manager warning about selling a gun to Jerome Horton, tied to the shooting. Shockingly, the firearms compliance team ignored the alert. Plaintiffs’ lawyers call it proof of negligence. All this unfolds amid new state laws toughening penalties for straw purchasing, spurred by a deadly standoff where a felon obtained weapons through such schemes — his girlfriend now serving nearly four years in prison.
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