Guns Manufacturers and Responsibility

During 2002, to John Allen Muhammed and John Malvo shot and killed up to 13 people
in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. They used a semi-
automatic assault rifle manufactured by Bushmaster firearms Inc... The two Killers bought the
rifle from Bulls Eye Shooter Supply, a gun shop in Tacoma,Washington, although federal law
prohibited the shop from selling the gun to either Muhammed,who had a record of domestic
battery, or Malvo who was a minor. Survivors of the victim Have claimed that although
Muhammed and Malvo were directly responsible for the deaths of the victims, both used bulls
match include( and their owners) also should be held responsible. it's by the Bushmaster
Firearms,Inc,..and Bull’s Eye Shooter Supply(and their owners)also “should be held
responsible”. Audits by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms showed that Bull’s Eye
had “lost” guns(238 in a 3-year period) or “lost” documentation-- including its record of the
Mohammed- Malvo sale-- yet Bushmaster Firearms continued to sell its guns to the shop.
Survivors of the victim is claimed that Bushmaster Firearms had an obligation not to create an
unreasonable risk of foreseeable harm from the distribution of its guns.The company, they
claimed failed to adequately investigate or screen this dealer’s rec-ord of weapons handling,
failed to adequately monitor and supervise how it's dealer was selling its guns, and failed to
provide training or incentives for its dealer to comply with gun laws. If Bulls Eye and
Bushmaster had acted as they had an obligation to act, Muhammed and Malvo would have
been prevented from obtaining the assault rifle they needed to kill their victims since federal
laws for prohibited both from buying guns. Bulls Eye and Bushmaster helped caused the
death, the wife of a victim claimed and so

“they share the responsibility for my husband death and many others.”

Questions:

a. Are Bull’s eye and Bushmaster morally responsible for the Washington, D.C. victim death?
Why or why not?
b. Are gun manufacturers or gun dealers ever morally responsible for deaths caused by the use
of their guns? Explain.
c. Are manufacturers ever morally responsible for deaths caused by the use of their product?
Why or why not?

Note:- Dear students, you need to focus on Organization ethics, morality and its decision making
mechanism. Please go through the First and Second chapter slides and provide the answers for
this case study.