I'm not sure how she can prevail on this one. The store did not sell it to the eventual murderer, it seems. She would be better served suing the buyer, but then, it probably is not about finding the responsible party. It's about another lonely lady (ala cindy sheehan), desperate for attention, being taken advantage of for political gain by an agenda group which only has to give her some attention to get her to pimp whatever their cause is. Maybe she should've just started dating again. Pathetic. You always see these people who have tradegies in their lives who become crusaders because they just can't move past that tradegy, and so, the tradegy defines who they are. On the other hand, sometimes people transcend their tradegies and become a symbol of strength to those around them. So I put it to you : is she acting from strength or from weakness? I suspect the latter. Take up crochet or something and leave the rest of us alone.
Kj