"WASHINGTON (AP) — 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."
https://apnews.com/8755008e727a4a1b804cdf5cf03ab620
About time, hope they win the case, anybody who makes, manufactures, markets, and sells weapons as an AR15 for pure profit should be held accountable, the purpose of the weapon is to kill as much as it can in the shortest period of time
I can see liability insurance a requirement for gun ownership down the road, gun huggers can't complain, none of it "confiscates" guns nor bans guns
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