Supreme Court Allows Sandy Hook Families to Sue Remington
The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing survivors and relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting to pursue their lawsuit against Remington Arms Co., the manufacturer of the rifle used to kill 26 people.
According to a news report, the Supreme Court "rejected an appeal from Remington Arms, which argued it should be shielded by a 2005 federal law preventing most lawsuits against firearms manufacturers when their products are used in crimes." According to the news report, the lawsuit states Remington should never have sold a weapon as dangerous as the Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle to the general public. The lawsuit also alleges that Remington "targeted younger, at-risk males in marketing and product placement in violent video games," notes the report.