Jarred Brown's father and stepmother could not understand how a holstered gun could fire spontaneously. Here's what they didn't know: At the time of Jarred Brown's death, Taurus had already settled a massive class-action lawsuit over the unintentional discharge of some of its guns. As part of that settlement, Taurus had agreed to repair or buy back 955,796 guns. One of the models included was the gun that killed Jarred Brown. Taurus refused to call the buy-back deal a recall and the company denied the guns had any defects.