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Friday 15 March 2019
fense and target shooting. be based in Newtown, said
Lanza, 20, shot his way into the state Supreme Court
the locked school in New- ruling was an "overly broad
town on Dec. 14, 2012, and interpretation" of an excep-
killed 20 first-graders and six tion to the 2005 federal law.
educators with a Bushmas- "The majority's decision to-
ter XM15-E2S rifle, similar to day is at odds with all other
an AR-15. He shot his moth- state and federal appel-
er to death in their New- late courts that have inter-
town home beforehand, preted the scope of the
and killed himself as police exception," the group said
arrived at the school. in a statement, adding it
Connecticut's child advo- "respectfully disagrees with
cate said Lanza's severe and is disappointed by the
and deteriorating mental court's majority decision."
health problems, his preoc- A spokeswoman for the
cupation with violence and National Rifle Association
access to his mother's legal declined to comment.
weapons "proved a recipe Joshua Koskoff, a lawyer for
for mass murder." the plaintiffs, has said the
Nicole Hockley, whose Bushmaster rifle and other
6-year-old son Dylan died AR-15-style rifles were de-
Ian Hockley, center, father of Sandy Hook Elementary School student Dylan Hockley, and Bill in the shooting, said Thurs- signed as military killing ma-
Sherlach, right, husband of Sandy Hook Elementary School psychologist Mary Sherlach, look on
as attorney Josh Koskoff speaks a news conference in Bridgeport, Conn. Thursday, March 14, day that a main goal of the chines and should never
2019. lawsuit is to stop Remington have been sold to the pub-
Associated Press and other gun makers from lic. He accuses Remington
gearing their advertising to- of targeting younger, at-risk
NEWTOWN SHOOTING the public and Remington the company had no com- ward troubled young men. males through "militaristic
Continued from Front glorified the weapon in ment on the court ruling. "We have always said our marketing and astute prod-
Several lawsuits over mass marketing it to young peo- "We have no timeline for case is about reckless sales uct placement in violent
shootings in other states ple, including those with any comments to be made and marketing to disturbed first-person shooter games."
have been rejected be- mental illness. on the subject," spokes- youth," Hockley said. "We "The families' goal has al-
cause of the federal law. Remington, based in Madi- man Eric Suarez wrote in wanted our day in court. ways been to shed light
The plaintiffs in Connecticut son, North Carolina, has an email to The Associ- This is a step forward to on Remington's calculated
include a survivor and rela- denied wrongdoing and ated Press. James Vogts, ensure that manufactur- and profit-driven strategy
tives of nine people killed in previously insisted it can't a lawyer for Remington, ers like Remington are not to expand the AR-15 mar-
the massacre. be sued because of the has cited the 2005 federal allowed to keep targeting ket and court high-risk us-
They argue the Bushmas- 2005 law, called the Protec- law and previously said the people who are at risk." A ers, all at the expense of
ter AR-15-style rifle used by tion of Lawful Commerce Bushmaster rifle is a legal gun industry group, the Na- Americans' safety," Koskoff
Newtown shooter Adam in Arms Act. A Remington firearm used by millions of tional Shooting Sports Foun- said Thursday.
Lanza is too dangerous for spokesman said Thursday people for hunting, self-de- dation, which happens to Continued on Next Page