Tag: lawsuit

Is Remington Avoiding Responsibility for Gun Defect?

Is Remington Avoiding Responsibility for Gun Defect?

The gun maker is in the hot seat with class-action lawsuit.

A 60 Minutes program that aired on February 19, 2017  held gun maker Remington to the coals. Correspondent Lesley Stahl did an expose on a sad incident in which a 15-year-old man from Mississippi, Zac Stringer, loaded his Remington 700 rifle with the stated intention…
Posted 7 years ago
By Reed Gilchrist
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Massachusetts Sued Over Gun Laws

Massachusetts Sued Over Gun Laws

NRA and activists sue the state for being too strict.

Massachusetts has some of the most strict gun laws in the country. Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey last year implemented a ban on guns that are made to look like AR-15s. Before that, ARs were banned in 1998. The lawsuit seeks to make Healey's "copycat…
Posted 7 years ago
By Reed Gilchrist
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Sandy Hook Families' Lawsuit Against Gun Maker Dismissed

Newtown Families’ Lawsuit Against AR-15-Style Gun Maker Dismissed

A Connecticut judge has dismissed a lawsuit that was filed against the manufacturer and seller of the weapon used in the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. In April 2016, a judge allowed the case to proceed against Remington Arms, maker of the…
Posted 7 years ago
By Reed Gilchrist
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