Sandy Hook families secure settlement
with gunmaker Remington over 2012 school shooting
Posted By: Ribicon, 2/15/2022 12:17:31 PM
The families of nine victims in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting secured a $73 million settlement Tuesday against Remington Arms, the gun manufacturer that marketed the rifle used in the deadly rampage. The families’ attorneys hailed the move as a victory that allows others to sue gunmakers in the aftermath of mass shootings. During the roughly five-year court battle, the families alleged that Remington marketed its AR-15 as a “combat weapon” to young men prone to violence. They accused the company of unfair trade practice for its advertisements under Connecticut law in their wrongful death lawsuit.(Snip)The gun company had argued that their marketing had nothing
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Drudge Is Dead
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What exactly has happened to the formerly must-read Drudge Report?
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Banned airline passenger spits at cop,
defecates in patrol car after fleeing
on motorized suitcase 28 replies
defecates in patrol car after fleeing
on motorized suitcase 28 replies
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Giuffre and Andrew will file a stipulation to dismiss the case inside of the next month, according to court papers filed on Tuesday.
An unsigned letter included in the settlement filing acknowledged Giuffre has suffered for years as a result of being trafficked by the late Jeffrey Epstein, with whom Andrew consorted for years.
Tech executive fires back at John Durham
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Incredible. Would a car company be at fault for an accident because they sell fast cars? The deranged killer's various psychiatrists and the companies that manufactured his psychiatric medications are very much more directly liable, but so many liberals use such drugs themselves to maintain their bizarre worldview that the idea if off the table.