Sandy Hook Parents File 1st Argument To Supreme Court

[de officiis]

Sandy Hook Parents File 1st Argument To Supreme Court In Gun Lawsuit Case

Attorneys for families of some of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims have filed their first legal brief, seeking to have the {Conn.} Supreme Court reinstate a lawsuit against gunmaker Remington Arms Co.

{The family contends} that Remington knowingly marketed a military weapon to a high-risk class of young males fascinated with violent video games, knowing before the 2012 school shooting that the AR-15 had become the weapon of choice for mass shooters.

Adam Lanza used a Bushmaster AR-15 to shoot and kill 20 first-graders and six adults.

"Remington reached its desired demographic: young men like Adam Lanza," Koskoff wrote. "Plaintiffs allege that Adam was a devoted player of first-person shooter games and partial to the AR-15 for committing virtual violence. He was obsessed with the military and aspired to join the elite Army Rangers unit. But when Adam turned eighteen on April 22, 2010, he did not enlist; rather than submit to rigorous mental health screening he almost certainly would have failed – and in any event uninterested in strict military oversight – Adam Lanza chose a simpler path: unfettered access to the Bushmaster."
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In her written ruling ... Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis agreed with ... Remington that the lawsuit "falls squarely within the broad immunity" provided to gun manufacturers and dealers by federal law, specifically the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act.

The judge made it clear the families' claims that the gun company should be held liable for Adam Lanza's actions did not meet the narrow exceptions the federal law allows. She dismissed the case against Remington and Camfour.
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Remington's attorneys will have two months to file their reply brief. ... The case isn't expected to before the Supreme Court until next fall.

Sounds like a long shot (no pun intended).

[TheReal_ND]

So are civil suits surreptitiously designed to undermine our constitution pretty typical or what? On a scale of 1/10 how beady are the prosecutor's eyes?

[de officiis]

So are civil suits surreptitiously designed to undermine our constitution pretty typical or what? On a scale of 1/10 how beady are the prosecutor's eyes?

What?

[TheReal_ND]

It's a civil suit yes? Maybe I'm confused here.

[de officiis]

It's a civil suit yes? Maybe I'm confused here.

Yes. Not sure what you mean about surreptitiously undermining the constitution.

[SuburbanFarmer]

It's a civil suit yes? Maybe I'm confused here.

Yes. Not sure what you mean about surreptitiously undermining the constitution.

He's implying that any sort of restriction or liability on gunmakers would be a complete rejection of the 2nd Amendment.

Typical right-wing nonsense.

[clubgop]

It's a civil suit yes? Maybe I'm confused here.

Yes. Not sure what you mean about surreptitiously undermining the constitution.

He's implying that any sort of restriction or liability on gunmakers would be a complete rejection of the 2nd Amendment.

Typical right-wing nonsense.

Look at the brief again, if this is the case why do they not file suit against video game companies? Are you implying any sort of restriction or liability on gunmakers would be a complete rejection of the 1st Amendment?
Typical gun grabber cowardly bitch nonsense.

[clubgop]

{The family contends} that Remington knowingly marketed a military weapon to a high-risk class of young males fascinated with violent video games, knowing before the 2012 school shooting that the AR-15 had become the weapon of choice for mass shooters.

So this case can be dismissed on standing? Lanza didnt purchase the gun, his mother did. He stole it. So case closed?

[Speaker to Animals]

So can young men who got HIV from gay sex sue MTV for marketing homosexuality to them as a great idea?

[TheReal_ND]

So can young men who got HIV from gay sex sue MTV for marketing homosexuality to them as a great idea?

I was looking for this post before I got distracted on /pol/ reminiscing how white our communities used to be.