This archive report was first published on 12 November 2019.
On November 12, 2019, the US Supreme Court announced it would not hear an appeal in a case that could have significant implications for the gun industry. The case, Remington Arms Co. v. Soto, involves relatives of those killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14, 2012.
The lawsuit challenges a 2005 federal law that protects gun makers from legal liability when their weapons are used in crimes. The families argue that Remington Arms Co., the maker of the rifle used in the shooting, recklessly marketed the weapon to disturbed young men like the Sandy Hook gunman through product placement in violent video games and advertising pitches like 'consider your man card reissued.'
