A Wellington, Mo., woman has filed a lawsuit against an Odessa gun store, saying they sold the gun that her mentally unstable daughter used to kill her father – despite being warned not to.Janet Delana's lawsuit said her daughter, Colby Sue Weathers, shot her father in 2012, later texting her mother that "Dad is dead."The lawsuit said Odessa Gun & Pawn "negligently sold the pistol to Colby Sue Weathers, despite knowing that Weathers had a long history of mental illness."Delana said Weathers had purchased one gun from the store in May 2009 with the intention of taking her own life. She said when Weathers' father discovered the gun, he got rid of it.Delana said she warned the gun store owner that her daughter had been diagnosed with mental illness and might try to buy a second gun with an upcoming Social Security check.She said she begged the store not to sell her daughter another gun, and provided Weathers' name, date of birth and Social Security number so they could watch out for her.The lawsuit said Weathers (right) shot her father two days later, shortly after purchasing the gun from Odessa Gun & Pawn.An attorney for Delana, Johnathan Lowy of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, said the lawsuit isn't a challenge to the Second Amendment. He said it's a suit to urge gun dealers to use common sense."This is a case about responsibility. While most gun dealers are responsible business people who take care to keep guns out of dangerous hands, sadly there are some who put profits over people and allow gun sales they know or should know could have lethal consequences," Lowy said.Lowy said most gun dealers are reputable and use common sense now, but a few "bad apples" are out there.

A Wellington, Mo., woman has filed a lawsuit against an Odessa gun store, saying they sold the gun that her mentally unstable daughter used to kill her father – despite being warned not to.

Janet Delana's lawsuit said her daughter, Colby Sue Weathers, shot her father in 2012, later texting her mother that "Dad is dead."


The lawsuit said Odessa Gun & Pawn "negligently sold the pistol to Colby Sue Weathers, despite knowing that Weathers had a long history of mental illness."

Delana said Weathers had purchased one gun from the store in May 2009 with the intention of taking her own life. She said when Weathers' father discovered the gun, he got rid of it.

Delana said she warned the gun store owner that her daughter had been diagnosed with mental illness and might try to buy a second gun with an upcoming Social Security check.



She said she begged the store not to sell her daughter another gun, and provided Weathers' name, date of birth and Social Security number so they could watch out for her.



The lawsuit said Weathers (right) shot her father two days later, shortly after purchasing the gun from Odessa Gun & Pawn.

An attorney for Delana, Johnathan Lowy of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, said the lawsuit isn't a challenge to the Second Amendment. He said it's a suit to urge gun dealers to use common sense.



"This is a case about responsibility. While most gun dealers are responsible business people who take care to keep guns out of dangerous hands, sadly there are some who put profits over people and allow gun sales they know or should know could have lethal consequences," Lowy said.



Lowy said most gun dealers are reputable and use common sense now, but a few "bad apples" are out there.