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Posted on 03/14/2019 11:21:30 AM PDT by bgill
HARTFORD, Conn. — Gun maker Remington can be sued over how it marketed the Bushmaster rifle used to kill 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, a divided Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Thursday. Justices issued a 4-3 decision that reinstated a wrongful death lawsuit and overturned a lower court ruling that the lawsuit was prohibited by a 2005 federal law that shields gun manufacturers from liability in most cases when their products are used in crimes. The plaintiffs include a survivor and relatives of nine people killed in the massacre. They argue the AR-15-style rifle used by shooter Adam Lanza is too dangerous for the public and Remington glorified the weapon in marketing it to young people. Remington has denied wrongdoing and previously insisted it can't be sued under the federal law. The majority of the high court agreed with most of the lower court's ruling and dismissed most of the lawsuit's allegations, but allowed a wrongful marketing claim to proceed. "The regulation of advertising that threatens the public's health, safety, and morals has long been considered a core exercise of the states' police powers," Justice Richard Palmer wrote for the majority.
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I assume he drove a car to the school, are they going to sue the car manufacturer?
He had clothes and shoes on. Will the clothing and shoe companies be sued as well?
IIRC, in an actual honest court FOPA86 will result in this being quashed.
This is stupid.....................
I assume you didn’t read the article.
“Remington glorified the weapon in marketing it to young people.”
That’s their argument? Then sue Hollywood and rappers for “glorifying” violence. Sandy Fake Hook..
Facebook drove me to stalk someone....Its Facebook’s fault.
I killed someone hitting them with my car...Its Ford’s fault.
I killed someone with a ice pick, its the ice pick manufacture’s fault.
Where did these Judges get their Law Degree...Crackerjack boxes?
Triggered!
This ruling is BS.
It wasn’t his fun. He didn’t buy it. It was his mother’s that she bought, used and stored properly.
He stole it and shot her.
There is NOTHING, in any way shape or form, that makes this company or its adevertising liable for this.
Obvious diversity hires.
This would create an interesting situation for blacks being shot by cops, you could basically sue in that situation as well. Even in a war-zone, you could find legal representation and claim the gun-makers sold weapons of war to harm you.
This would create an interesting situation for blacks being shot by cops, you could basically sue in that situation as well. Even in a war-zone, you could find legal representation and claim the gun-makers sold weapons of war to harm you.
Wasn’t his rifle. Advertising doesn’t apply here.
So we can sue Gay movies and TV shows for causing AIDS?
So I can now sue car companies for highway deaths....
This sort of grasping/phishing for something, anything to sue a party for usually is indicative of an immediately unseen target. Perhaps in this case the marketing industry for some purpose of control.
It’s difficult to bring the target to focus, but there’s something being sought from this more than just controlling guns. It’s marketing, but of what, or perhaps to establish government control over marketing. Perhaps opening a new field of profitable litigation.
The mother of the child-killer is culpable, are the families going after her or just the nearest “deep-pocket”?
In a sane world this will be overturned.
I could have sworn that Bushmaster was sold to Cerberus, as was Remington. I wonder why the defendant wasn’t/isn’t Cerberus? Being the owner of three Bushmasters, and several other AR15s, perhaps I am liable for contributing to the delinquency of a mentally unstable person as he used a Bushmaster? Good thing I’ve got a few DPMS and Wyndham Weaponry. What a joke. I suppose the manner to stay liability free is to sit in a padded room with no outside contact.
Gwjack
Makes as much sense as suing the Bush family...
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