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U.S. NEWS Friday 15 March 2019

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“Today’s decision is a criti- New York at Cortland and
cal step toward achieving an expert on guns and the
that goal.” Second Amendment, said
The lawsuit seeks undis- the Connecticut ruling runs
closed damages. counter to the 2005 federal
Military-style rifles have law. Even though the court
been used in many other allowed the case to pro-
mass shootings, including in ceed, he said, there still be
Las Vegas in October 2017 a very high bar for success-
when 58 people were killed fully suing Remington.
and hundreds more injured. "The likelihood they'll suc-
The case was watched by ceed is small," he said.
gun rights supporters and Still, allowing the lawsuit to
gun control advocates move forward means that
across the country as one there will be an opportunity
that could affect other cas- for discovery that would
es accusing gun-makers of unearth company docu-
being responsible for mass ments that could be em-
shootings. Several groups, barrassing for Remington.
ranging from the NRA to Since gunmakers have in
emergency room doc- recent history been shield-
tors, submitted briefs to the ed from litigation, com-
court. pany officials may have
The 2005 federal law has felt emboldened to openly Attorney Josh Koskoff speaks at a press conference in Bridgeport, Conn. Thursday, March 14, 2019.
Associated Press
been cited by other courts discuss tactics, marketing
that rejected lawsuits strategies and other reveal-
against gun makers and ing details about business
dealers in other high-profile dealings.
shooting attacks, including Remington filed for bank-
the 2012 Colorado movie ruptcy reorganization last
theater shooting and the year amid years of slump-
Washington, D.C., sniper ing sales and legal and
shootings in 2002. financial pressure over
Robert J. Spitzer, chair- the Sandy Hook school
man of political science massacre.q