A Connecticut trial court on April 14 refused to dismiss a lawsuit against Remington Arms Co., the manufacturer of the AR-15 rifle that Adam Lanza used to murder 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012.
The lawsuit, which victims’ families filed against the gun maker as well as the distributor and retail seller of the weapon, relies on narrow exceptions to the sweeping immunity that Congress granted the firearms industry from liability arising out of the criminal misuse of its products.
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