Sandy Hook families agree to settle for $73M with maker of gun used in school shooting | CBC News

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The families and a survivor of the shooting sued Remington in 2015, saying the company should have never sold such a dangerous weapon to the public.

Families and a survivor sued Remington, saying it should have never sold the dangerous weapon to the publicFamilies of victims killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting are seen in Trumbull, Conn., on Tuesday.

Remington, which made the Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle used in the massacre, also agreed to allow the families to release numerous documents they obtained during the lawsuit, including ones showing how it marketed the weapon, the families said. Remington had argued there was no evidence to establish its marketing had anything to do with the shooting.

and its assets were later sold off to several companies. The manufacturer was weighed down by lawsuits and retail sales restrictions following the school shooting.

 

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Cannot believe they settled ... there families are destroyed. Feeling very 😔 saddened.

And now open the flood gates and many more to come... want to see gun laws change? they start to lose multi million dollars suits like this regularly, they will be the first to scream gun control

Copy the Texas anti abortion law. Let every random person sue gun manufacturers, gun shops, ranges for gun crimes

That's the stupidest thing I've seen all day, worse then trudope

Constantly year after year, we all say why do you have to sell automatic to public. Those types of weapons are for military. Weapons should be contained in totally locked cabinet. Sad this killing(s)

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