Supreme Court will allow Sandy Hook families to move forward in suit against gunmaker Remington

[Gothmog]

Source: CNBC

The Supreme Court said Tuesday that it will not hear a closely-watched case against gun-maker Remington, a move the gunmaker has warned could potentially increase the liability of firearm manufacturers to suits brought by victims of gun crimes.

The court’s action will allow the families to move forward with their lawsuit.

The case was brought by family members of those killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting that left 20 children and six adults dead.

The families sued the makers of the gun that was used, an AR-15 style weapon made by Remington, in 2014, alleging that the company’s marketing of the weapon inspired Adam Lanza to commit the massacre.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/12/supreme-court-sandy-hook-remington-guns.html

[hlthe2b]

1. Tremendous.

[Va Lefty]

2. Some much needed good news!

[MFGsunny]

3. K and R with much gratitude. n/t

[dalton99a]

4. Excellent news.

[Hoyt]

5. Bout time we sue arms manufacturers for promoting gunz and killing with ads like this:

Ad for weapon used at Sandy Hook --


?ops=scalefit_720_noupscale

[dalton99a]

9. +1. "Keep that shit on the battlefields"

[BuffaloJackalope]

14. No finer penis substitute has ever been made.

[mountain grammy]

17. wow.

[Gothmog]

6. Getting around the gun maker immunity law took some great lawyering

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Link to tweet

[jpak]

7. Womp Womp muthafuckas

[Raftergirl]

8. Excellent News!

[bucolic_frolic]

10. Surprise! Marketing is meant to motivate and use a product, not just to spend

Hoping they're on firm ground

[crickets]

11. Good news. K&R

[BuffaloJackalope]

12. Good

[Initech]

13. Excellent! Hope they get sued into oblivion!

[denvine]

15. Very welcome news!

[pandr32]

16. Excellent news!

[IronLionZion]

18. Good that they're going after the dangerous marketing

since that's precisely why douchebags buy these weapons, to feel tough by getting stuff that looks like military weapons as part of some fantasy of resisting government tyranny.

I hope they can get a fair trial. Reforming the marketing would reduce gun sales.

[progressoid]

19. Interesting.

Since the PLCAA this has worked only a couple times. Hopefully this will be a positive trend.

[MicaelS]

27. I was wondering how they would get around PLCAA.

Good to see they have. Suing the bastards is the only route that can be effective.

[calimary]

20. Well whaddya know?

Excellent!!!

[packman]

21. Good - really surprising

A tip-of-the- hat to the SCOUS

[RhodeIslandOne]

22. Don't celebrate too soon

The decision will eventually get to the Boozin Brett Court where they’ll probably declare gun manufacturers as sacred. They just don’t want to hear it prior to 2021.

[Duppers]

23. An excellent precedent is now set.

I hope this opens the floodgate of lawsuits.

[Dorn]

24. Good news is good news but why are we allowing miliary weapons to be sold

These weapons should be not be available unless you are in the military or police.

[flying_wahini]

25. SCOTUS gonna smash this quick.

They know several on the SC is beholden to NRA $$$. This is not gonna happen. IMO.

[Starseer]

26. Cert was denied. nt

[Gothmog]

28. Supreme Court allows families of Sandy Hook shooting victims to sue gunmaker Remington

It took some great legal work to get around the gun maker immunity law

Link to tweet

The narrow state court decision limited liability for gunmakers based on how they advertise their firearms, rather than on the sale to third parties who go on to commit crimes. In its ruling, the court said companies that market military-style guns to civilians as a way of killing enemies could be violating state fair trade laws.

Even so, the decision was seen as having broad implications for gun-control advocates across the country who have had little success in seeking ways to hold gunmakers responsible for crimes committed with their products.

Firearms company Remington had convinced a lower court that federal law prevented the families’ lawsuit. But Connecticut’s high court said that the law had exceptions and that one of them was meant for state consumer protection laws.

The NRA fought hard to get the immunity from Congress, saying it was needed to protect U.S. companies from costly, and what they see as unfair, litigation that blames them for the crimes of others.

[George II]

29. I hope this becomes a topic of discussion at the next Democratic debate.

[roamer65]

30. The gun industry will be dead in 5 years.

The lawyers will sue them into bankruptcy.