Groups ask to file briefs supporting appeal by Sandy Hook families

By Daniel Terrill

Groups of doctors, law professors, a Wall Street church and Connecticut’s attorney general requested to submit briefs supporting an appeal by families of Sandy Hook shooting victims.
They each filed applications to submit an amicus curiae this month to detail various perspectives that support claims of negligent entrustment and violations of consumer protection laws brought against Remington Arms, according to documents filed to Connecticut’s Supreme Court.
In their appeal, the families say the gun maker flaunted the combat applications of the AR-15, the civilian version of the military’s standard rifle, in their public marketing efforts before the shooting. They argue Remington targeted a “younger demographic of users” with ads linking the rifle to “macho vigilantism and military-style insurrection,” traits that appealed to the 20-year-old “video-game playing, military-obsessed” gunman.
A state court dismissed the case last year, saying federal law provided broad immunities for the gun maker since it was criminal misuse that caused the deaths and injuries on Dec. 14, 2012. But the families filed their appeal last month.
The state’s attorney general’s office, headed by George Jepsen, says it wants to ensure consumer protection laws are being applied within the scope lawmakers intended. “The State is interested in this case because the Court’s rulings on issues raised in the

Source: Guns.com