Connecticut Court Rules Remington Can Be Sued Over Sandy Hook

By Tom Knighton

Once upon a time, a favorite tactic of the anti-gunner was to sue every gun manufacturer for every misuse of a firearm. Someone would get shot with a Smith & Wesson, then Smith & Wesson would have to worry if it was going to get sued.

No one accused manufacturers of doing anything illegal, mind you. They just wanted to blame gun companies for making a product that someone later used for a criminal act.

As a result, Congress passed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA). The idea was to make it so firearm manufacturers didn’t have to deal with lawsuits every time they turned around. It didn’t give them immunity from bad actions, only from malicious and frivolous lawsuits meant to punish them for daring to be in a business anti-gunners didn’t like.

Now, thanks to the Connecticut State Supreme Court, it might as well not even exist.

Justices issued a 4-3 ruling that reinstated a wrongful death lawsuit and overturned a lower court ruling that the lawsuit was prohibited by a 2005 federal law that shields gun manufacturers from liability in most cases when their products are used in crimes.

The plaintiffs include a survivor and relatives …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms