TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Nov 12, 2019

A lawsuit filed by the parents of Sandy Hook Elementary School victims is moving forward at the state level after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to block it, NPR reports. Originally filed in 2014, the suit says the Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle, the same kind used by a gunman to kill 20 first-graders and six adults at Sandy Hook, should never have been sold to the public because it is a military-style weapon. It also accuses Remington of violating Connecticut’s unfair trade practices law by marketing and promoting use of the rifle in “assaults against human beings.” Since the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear Remington’s appeal of the suit, it will return to lower court in Connecticut where it will hinge on how Remington marketed the gun.