Sandy Hook settlement

[Azrael 5]

Sandy Hook parents of victims have reached a settlement with gun makers Remington for $73 million!!

Awful tradegy though it was how is this the gun manufacturers fault in any way?

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ni...bility-claims-with-remington-arms-2022-02-15/


*did a search couldnt find a topic before making this.

 

[Matthew Best]

It's in the link:

The Sandy Hook families found a way around that legal protection for gunmakers by claiming that Remington's marketing of firearms contributed to the massacre.
Remington ... launched aggressive campaign that pushed sales of AR-15s through product placement in first-person shooter videogames and by touting the AR-15 as an effective killing machine...

 

[dudalb]

It's in the link:

The Sandy Hook families found a way around that legal protection for gunmakers by claiming that Remington's marketing of firearms contributed to the massacre.
Remington ... launched aggressive campaign that pushed sales of AR-15s through product placement in first-person shooter videogames and by touting the AR-15 as an effective killing machine...

Well, to be fair, Modified versions of the AR 15 have been the US military's standard rifle since the mid 1960's.

 

[Olmstead]

"Consider your man card reissued."

Etc.

 

[a_unique_person]

It's in the link:

The Sandy Hook families found a way around that legal protection for gunmakers by claiming that Remington's marketing of firearms contributed to the massacre.
Remington ... launched aggressive campaign that pushed sales of AR-15s through product placement in first-person shooter videogames and by touting the AR-15 as an effective killing machine...

For once, truth in advertising.

 

[angrysoba]

Now let’s see Alex Jones get slapped with a lawsuit for that kind of money as well.

 

[ZiprHead]

It'll be years before the families see a penny.

 

[Warp12]

It'll be years before the families see a penny.

Hopefully they never get a dime.

 

[dudalb]

Hopefully they never get a dime.

GOd forbid a company should be held responsible for it's products........

 

[Warp12]

GOd forbid a company should be held responsible for it's products........

Yeah. We need to start holding cutlery manufacturers accountable for the actions of their knives, too.

 

[angrysoba]

Yeah. We need to start holding cutlery manufacturers accountable for the actions of their knives, too.

Maybe if the cutlery companies begin advertising their products as effective killing weapons then we absolutely should.

 

[Fidelio]

"Consider your man card reissued."

Etc.

Checks wallet..driving lisense... yep, voter reg... yep. Oh, the man card, those things which hang between me legs? Not on yer ******* life buster.

 

[dudalb]

Remington should have stuck to making high quality bold action hunting rifles.

 

[sarge]

It'll be years before the families see a penny.

Not years for the families party to this suit. They will be paid out fairly rapidly (ignoring that the massacre occurred almost a decade ago)

 

[Dr. Keith]

Remington should have stuck to making high quality bold action hunting rifles.

The AR is rather bold, but not much of a hunting rifle.

 

[shemp]

Hopefully they never get a dime.

Do you ever have a clue what you're talking about? What do you think the word "settlement" means? It means that REMINGTON HAS AGREED TO PAY THEM AND THEIR LAWYERS $73 MILLION DOLLARS! This is not a verdict to be appealed. Once again, REMINGTON HAS AGREED TO PAY THEM AND THEIR LAWYERS $73 MILLION DOLLARS! Period! End of case! Here's a tip: Try reading the posted link before you blather!

 

[shemp]

It'll be years before the families see a penny.

I won't bother repeating the previous post.

 

[psionl0]

It's in the link:

The Sandy Hook families found a way around that legal protection for gunmakers by claiming that Remington's marketing of firearms contributed to the massacre.
Remington ... launched aggressive campaign that pushed sales of AR-15s through product placement in first-person shooter videogames and by touting the AR-15 as an effective killing machine...

I'm not sure how comfortable I am with this settlement.

It's basically saying that Americans are so stupid that they can't distinguish between reality and a video game.

 

[gnome]

It's basically saying that Americans are so stupid that they can't distinguish between reality and a video game.

Why does it leave you with that impression?

 

[dann]

And why would that impression be wrong? It isn't saying that all Americans, each and every one) are that stupid.