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Maybe someone should send the plaintiffs a thumbnail sketch of what happened to the family in CO.

They may have no clue about it.

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you guys really think they will get up in front of the country and sue the newtown parents?

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Not surprised since its a state level judge. It will probably be tossed once it is appealed to the federal level.

Edit: The state judge apparently said that the federal law doesn't prevent the case from being argued. So the case will probably get argued then tossed, if not by that judge by the next one up the food chain.

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Gun companies will have the funds to battle it out.  Will the families?  Just like the other one, the family had to pay all the legal fees.

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What makes this total horseshit is that the law wasn't just intended to sheild gun makers from the results of the lawsuits, it was intended to shield them from having to go bankrupt from defending themselves against lawsuits.  The gun was legal to sell and legal to purchase.  Period, end of discussion.  The stated premise is ridiculous on its face...they aren't arguing that Bushmaster should have known Lanza was a killer, they are arguing that they should have known their product was dangerous, periuod...even though it was perfectly legal and the inherent dangers understood.

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Activist judges...

When will it be time?

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This can very easily backfire on the plaintiffs.  Their beef is that there is no suitable civilian use for the AR-15.  All the Defendants need to do is post the 10,000 Youtube videos of people using AR-15s for hunting and competition to prove it's bogus.

If that court case fails, the ruling can be used against all the other "AR-15s have no civilian use" gripes.

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I thought that this was already settled. Didn't the Brady Bunch or someone similar get the families to sue, and they lost, and the Bradys left the families holding the bag or some shit?

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The judicial system sucks. The first press conference the police spokesman said the AR was found in the trunk with a shotgun and two handguns. The next day the AR was the weapon used to do the killing and now years later the manufacturer is being sued for the actions of a killer.
Who wants to argue the judicial system doesn't suck?

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Not surprised since its a state level judge. It will probably be tossed once it is appealed to the federal level.

Edit: The state judge apparently said that the federal law doesn't prevent the case from being argued. So the case will probably get argued then tossed, if not by that judge by the next one up the food chain.

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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A Connecticut state judge has denied a gun company’s motion to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit filed by families of some of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting.

The lawsuit, which has been the center of a heated debate, alleges the families of the Sandy Hook victims have the right to sue the gun manufacturer of the Bushmaster AR-15 used in the incident because the manufacturers knew the gun was too dangerous for public use.


Freedom Group, the Madison, North Carolina, parent company of AR-15 maker Bushmaster Firearms, says it’s protected by a 2005 federal law that shields gun manufacturers from most lawsuits over criminal use of their products.

Judge Barbara Bellis ruled Thursday that a federal law protecting gun makers from lawsuits does not prevent lawyers for the families of Sandy Hook victims from arguing that the AR-15 is a military weapon and should not have been sold to civilians.

“We are thrilled that the gun companies’ motion to dismiss was denied. The families look forward to continuing their fight in court,” Josh Koskoff, one of the lawyers representing the families, said in a statement Thursday.

The lawsuit recently made its way into the political spotlight, when Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was criticized for reportedly saying he did not support the plaintiffs in the suit.

“…I do believe that gun manufacturers and gun dealers should be able to be sued when they should know that guns are going into the hands of wrong people,” Sanders said in an interview with the Daily News. “So if somebody walks in and says, ‘I’d like 10,000 rounds of ammunition,’ you know, well, you might be suspicious about that. So I think there are grounds for those suits, but not if you sell me a legal product.”

Bushmaster Firearms has not yet commented on the ruling as of Thursday afternoon.

On Dec. 14, 2012, Adam Lanza, 20, shot and killed 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Lanza killed his mother before the school shooting and killed himself afterward.

Last year, more than a dozen victims’ families split $1.5 million under settlements of lawsuits filed against the estate of the gunman’s mother.

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Produce a body. A coroner's photograph. Prove it happened.

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Shit suit.  They should have to put up a large bond to file these suits to be sure the defense gets paid

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Not surprised since its a state level judge. It will probably be tossed once it is appealed to the federal level.

Edit: The state judge apparently said that the federal law doesn't prevent the case from being argued. So the case will probably get argued then tossed, if not by that judge by the next one up the food chain.

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Here's a pic of the Koskoff family
<a href="http://s33.photobucket.com/user/gspointer/media/a7345570f7c09449ed4b1c1f76535033_zps74d6c71c.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/gspointer/a7345570f7c09449ed4b1c1f76535033_zps74d6c71c.jpg</a>

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So, if he hadn't had an AR-15, all of those kids would be alive?