Posted on Feb 15, 2022
Sandy Hook families settle for $73M with gun maker Remington
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The families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have agreed to a $73 million settlement of a lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used to kill 20 first graders and six educators in 2012, their attorney said Tuesday.
The case was watched closely by gun control advocates, gun rights supporters and manufacturers because of its potential to provide a roadmap for victims of other shootings to sue the makers of firearms.
The families and a survivor of the shooting sued Remington in 2015, saying the company should have never sold such a dangerous weapon to the public. They said their focus was on preventing future mass shootings.
“Today is a day of accountability for an industry that has thus far enjoyed operating with immunity and impunity,” Veronique De La Rosa, whose 6-year-old son Noah was killed in the shooting, said at a news conference.
The case was watched closely by gun control advocates, gun rights supporters and manufacturers because of its potential to provide a roadmap for victims of other shootings to sue the makers of firearms.
The families and a survivor of the shooting sued Remington in 2015, saying the company should have never sold such a dangerous weapon to the public. They said their focus was on preventing future mass shootings.
“Today is a day of accountability for an industry that has thus far enjoyed operating with immunity and impunity,” Veronique De La Rosa, whose 6-year-old son Noah was killed in the shooting, said at a news conference.
Sandy Hook families settle for $73M with gun maker Remington
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When a 500 hp mustang is involved in an accident that kills people will Ford be sued. The claim will be made “ a car that powerful should have never been built”.
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Maj Robert Thornton
In Wisc., where the red SUV plowed into the parade, no make is given in every story I have seen. Hmmmmm!
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This was a farce on a grand scale! The weapons used were pistols. Unless you can tell me that a dead man, carried his weapon out to his car and placed it in the trunk and then while still dead, walked back into the school. If you search on the internet for photos of what were found in the trunk of the shooters car, the first thing you will see is an AR-15! If he used this weapon to kill the kids, how did it get into the trunk of his car? This whole thing smells to high heaven of massive amounts of BS.
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