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  • Judge rules Newtown families' lawsuit against gun maker can go forward

    Better stock up on .22 ammunition!

    BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – A lawsuit can go forward against the maker of the rifle used in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, a judge ruled Thursday.

    Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis said that a 2005 federal law protecting gun-makers from lawsuits does not prevent lawyers for the victims' families from arguing that the semi-automatic rifle is a military weapon and should not have been sold to civilians.

    Lanza, 20, killed 20 first-grade students and six educators on Dec. 14, 2012 with a Bushmaster XM15-E2S rifle that his mother had bought legally. Lanza killed his mother, Nancy Lanza, at their Newtown home with a different gun before going to the school a few miles away, and then killed himself as police arrived.

    The families of nine children and adults killed at the Newtown school and a teacher who survived the attack are suing Remington Arms, the parent company of Bushmaster Firearms, which made the weapon used in the school shooting.

    Lawyers for Remington Arms sought to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing that the federal law shields gun manufacturers from most lawsuits over criminal use of their products. They said Congress passed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act after determining such lawsuits were an abuse of the legal system.

    Judge Bellis ruled Thursday that argument would be best made in a motion later in the process and is not grounds to dismiss the lawsuit.

    Lawyers for Remington did not immediately return phone calls seeking comment.

    Joshua Koskoff, a lawyer for the families, argues there is an exception in the federal law that allows litigation against companies that know, or should know, that their weapons are likely to be used in a way that risks injury to others.
    Fatalities and Injuries from Mass Shootings at U.S. Schools and Universities | Graphiq

    "We are thrilled that the gun companies' motion to dismiss was denied," he said. "The families look forward to continuing their fight in court."

    Debate over the 2005 law has resurfaced in this year's presidential campaign. Hillary Clinton has criticized fellow Democrat Bernie Sanders' for supporting it when it was passed.

    A lawsuit can go forward against the maker of the rifle used in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, a judge ruled Thursday.

  • #2
    Stock the fuck up!

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    • #3
      Ridiculous
      "It's another burrito, it's a cold Lone Star in my hand!"

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      • #4
        Read that yesterday, annoying as hell
        Originally posted by MR EDD
        U defend him who use's racial slurs like hes drinking water.

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        • #5
          It'll get appealed up. The damn scary thing is how the supreme sets.

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          • #6
            Sounds like that cunt, Judge Bellis, is trying to legislate from the bench. Fuck her, the law is unambiguous.
            "It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself."

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            • #7
              Truly insane. I guess manufacturers of anything that someone uses to kill someone else could be sued. This ranks right up there with one of the dumbest things I've ever read.
              Ford
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              • #8
                A couple of dumb questions.

                1 Isn't Remington going broke?

                2 Didn't one of those Obama blessed investment firms buy them out
                so they could close or consolidate plants?

                I have never, nor will I ever smell a rat! Scout promise.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by garycrist View Post
                  A couple of dumb questions.

                  1 Isn't Remington going broke?

                  2 Didn't one of those Obama blessed investment firms buy them out
                  so they could close or consolidate plants?

                  I have never, nor will I ever smell a rat! Scout promise.
                  Remington most likely has liability insurance.

                  That said, this is just a superior court judge acting on a motion to dismiss. The motion can, and will be, appealed. I'm not sure if they can appeal that motion to the federal level yet, but I think they can appeal it to the states supreme court.

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                  • #10
                    The only thing her ruling will do is raise the amount the plaintiffs will have to reemburse the defendants for legal fees.
                    Magnus, I am your father. You need to ask your mother about a man named Calvin Klein.

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