Remington/Sandy Hook Settlement

[virgil]

$73M.  Yikes.

[ApexerER]

Sure is. Scary! Know idea how Sandy Hook was Remingtons fault any more than the people run over in the Christmas parade were the cars fault. This settlement opens up a whole new mess for lawsuits....

[virgil]

Agreed.  And, how about Hollywood movies where guns and cars are used all the time in violent or unsafe ways.  Are the makers of movies like 'The Fast and the Furious' at risk?

[suburbanfarmer]

Bad precedent laid down. Sadly the blame game will never end.

[DoubleDose]

Remington settled.  This may be a a bad precedent for the industry.  They were being sued under CT law for the way they marketed and advertised this AR.   The litigation assault (pun intended) on firearms, dealers, owners, and manufacturers from all angles is relentless.

[New York Hillbilly]

Naw....  don't worry folks! Give it a few minutes here, and we will get schooled by our resident left wing know it alls about how this is all a tin hat wearing conspiracy theory. 

[Four Seasons]

Not sure when gun makers decided to make regular hunting rifles look like weapons of mass destruction….Military Rifles… but it think that was a downfall. We all know the look of the gun has nothing to do with the destruction that gun can preform but I think it just gave the others side more to run with against rifles being the problem. 

[Grouse]

This case sets a terrible precedent. The people who will ultimately pay higher prices are law-abiding gun buyers and people who purchase insurance from the same companies used by gun makers. In other words, the cost will be borne by people who had nothing to do with committing any crime, much less the crimes at Sandy Hook or the next mass shooting in which victims are awarded a settlement.

This is clearly a threat to the Second Amendment, but it goes beyond that. Imagine a different scenario for manufacturers of other things. What if automakers who run ads with people driving aggressively are suddenly liable for the tens of thousands of people killed on America's roads each year? Or even just the random racist goon who plows his SUV into a crowd and kills several people?

What if ice cream or potato chip makers are to blame for the 660,000 Americans who die of heart disease each year? What role do McDonald's commercials play in America's obesity epidemic?

Where does this kind of liability lunacy end?