Talk about setting a precedent.
, the gun manufacturer was appealing an attempt by the victims’ families to challenge the use of a 2005 federal law passed by Congress as a legal defense.
The law has thus far protected gun manufacturers like Remington from being held liable for crimes committed by the guns they sell, but it also has an. Victims of the Sandy Hook mass shooting were shot and killed with an AR-15-style Bushmaster rifle, a military-style rifle that the families say Remington irresponsibly and illegally marketed
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