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Sandy Hook Families Can Sue Remington
GrundleStiltzkin
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https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/wjmybb/sandy-hook-parents-can-now-sue-gunmaker-of-rifle-used-in-school-shooting
I'm not a pretend lawyer and do not know whether there's a further appeal in CT state court system, or if it can go federal.
Either way, I'm concerned.
The gun manufacturer that made the AR-15-style rifle used to kill 20 young children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012 can be held liable for their deaths, Connecticut’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
The 4-3 decision, which reversed a lower court’s ruling, gives the green light for a lawsuit brought on behalf of the parents and relatives of the Newtown victims to proceed. The lower court held that gunmakers were shielded by a 2005 law that protected them from liability when their products were used to commit crimes.
Plaintiffs say that Remington, the gun company, manufactured a weapon that’s too dangerous for civilian use, and then glorified it through aggressive marketing, which made it attractive to the 20-year-old Sandy Hook shooter, Adam Lanza.
The 4-3 decision, which reversed a lower court’s ruling, gives the green light for a lawsuit brought on behalf of the parents and relatives of the Newtown victims to proceed. The lower court held that gunmakers were shielded by a 2005 law that protected them from liability when their products were used to commit crimes.
Plaintiffs say that Remington, the gun company, manufactured a weapon that’s too dangerous for civilian use, and then glorified it through aggressive marketing, which made it attractive to the 20-year-old Sandy Hook shooter, Adam Lanza.
I'm not a pretend lawyer and do not know whether there's a further appeal in CT state court system, or if it can go federal.
Either way, I'm concerned.
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Its a chilling effect on our 2nd Amendment rights
Although we have multiple lawsuits against news outlets now based on the Covington Kids which could chill our First Amendment rights
The Constitution under assault! #6 will SHOCK you
This is what happens when courts try to legislate their political opinions via the bench.
If someone steals your Prius and runs someone over your gonna be in deep shit!
It's OK. This isn't going to stand. Just try to be happy.
Anyone that thinks a person or entity should be responsible for the criminal actions of another under the circumstances of this case isn't thinking clearly.
Of course Lanza;s mom thinking shooting is good thing for her son, whom she knew to nutty, is crazy. She doesn't have any money so they go after Remington. That and the whole gun control agenda of wanting to bankrupt gun manufacturers as a form of gun control.
I wish they'd get the lawsuits on weed sellers going.
Are we done with strawman now?