The ruling came hours before Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, the two Democratic presidential hopefuls, were to face each other at a debate in Brooklyn. Those efforts have mostly failed, leading President Barack Obama to seek change through executive action, though such measures are minor by comparison. The attack reignited the national debate overt gun violence and spurred calls for lawmakers to strengthen firearm-control laws, such as expanded background checks on buyers, a ban on civilian sales of military-style rifles and a limit on the ammunition capacity of magazines. Jessica Kallum, a spokesman for Madison, North Carolina-based Remington, didn’t immediately reply to a message seeking comment on the ruling.
Josh Koskoff, one of the lawyers, said the families “look forward to continuing their fight in court.” The decision “marks a huge victory for the Sandy Hook families in their effort to hold gun companies responsible for the Sandy Hook massacre,” their law firm, Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder PC, said in a statement. The ruling does allow the case to move forward, which the lawyers say is a victory in such a case. The ruling didn’t address the merits of the plaintiffs’ claims, focusing instead on whether the court had jurisdiction over the subject matter in the complaint, given federal and state laws.
military to kill in combat and is being wrongfully sold to civilians to make a profit. The families claim Bushmaster, maker of the AR-15 rifle used by Adam Lanza in the attack at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, was specifically engineered for the U.S.
Connecticut State Judge Barbara Bellis on Thursday rejected Bushmaster’s argument that a 2005 federal law shields gunmakers. The maker of the assault rifle used in the 2012 massacre of more than two dozen students and teachers must face a lawsuit by victims’ families accusing Bushmaster Firearms International LLC of wrongfully selling the weapon to civilians. Judge: Sandy Hook Families’ Suit Against Bushmaster Can Move Forward
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