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Court rules gun maker can be sued over Newtown shooting

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — lawsuit against Remington
Gun-maker Remington can and overturned the ruling
be sued over how it mar- of a lower court judge, who
keted the rifle used to kill 20 said the entire lawsuit was
children and six educators prohibited by the 2005 fed-
at Sandy Hook Elementary eral law. The majority said
School in 2012, a divided that while most of the law-
Connecticut Supreme suit's claims were barred by
Court ruled Thursday. the federal law, Remington
Gun control advocates could still be sued for al-
touted the ruling as provid- leged wrongful marketing
ing a possible roadmap for under Connecticut law.
victims of other mass shoot- “The regulation of adver-
ings to circumvent a long- tising that threatens the
criticized federal law that public’s health, safety, and
shields gun manufacturers morals has long been con-
from liability in most cases sidered a core exercise of
when their products are the states’ police powers,”
used in crimes. Gun rights Justice Richard Palmer
supporters bashed the de- wrote for the majority, add-
cision as judicial activism ing he didn’t believe Con- In this Jan. 28, 2013, file photo, firearms training unit Detective Barbara J. Mattson, of the Con-
and overreach. gress envisioned complete necticut State Police, holds a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle, the same make and model used by Adam
In a 4-3 decision, justices re- immunity for gun-makers. Lanza in the 2012 Sandy Hook School shooting, during a hearing at the Legislative Office Building
instated a wrongful death Continued on Next Page in Hartford, Conn.
Associated Press