The Supreme Court said Tuesday that a survivor and relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting can pursue their lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used to kill 26 people.
The justices rejected an appeal from Remington Arms that argued it should be shielded by a 2005 federal law preventing most lawsuits against firearms manufacturers when their products are used in crimes.
The case is being watched by gun control advocates, gun rights supporters and gun manufacturers across the country, as it has the potential to provide a roadmap for victims of other mass shootings to circumvent the federal law and sue the makers of firearm.
The court's order allows the lawsuit filed in Connecticut state court by a survivor and relatives of nine victims who died at the Newtown, Connecticut, school on Dec. 14, 2012, to go forward.
The lawsuit says the Madison, North Carolina-based company should never have sold a weapon as dangerous as the Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle to the public. Gunman Adam Lanza used it to kill 20 first graders and six educators. It also alleges Remington targeted younger, at-risk males in marketing and product placement in violent video games. Lanza was 20 years old.
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[–] 19810708321b 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
It will get thrown out. It would set multiple false precedents. Not to mention, Remington can use the opportunity to show it didn’t even happen. Now that would be an awakening for people.
[–] RampancyLambentRaven 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
It will get thrown out based on this one line here based on the first amendment. "It also alleges Remington targeted younger, at-risk males in marketing and product placement in violent video games." Antonio Scalia a supreme court justice cast the deciding vote in 2010 that video games are protected speech under the first amendment. This whole ruling and lawsuit is unconstitutional from the start.
[–] ReadPastHeadlines 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Not if every executive and lawyer on their side is found to have 2TB of child porn on their windows 95 computers.
[–] blueblur 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Could we volunteer to help them?