The Sandy Hook elementary school shooting resulted in the deaths of 20 students and six adults on December 14, 2012.  The killer, Adam Lanza, used an AR-15 manufactured by the Remington Arms Company to do the killing.  The parents of the victims sued to hold Remington liable for the use of that semi-automatic rifle.  The suit was dismissed by Judge Barbara Bellis in Superior Court in 2016 because of the federal Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), passed in 2005. But now, on March 14, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled in a 4-3 decision to reverse the lower court's decision dismissing the lawsuit.  The case, Soto v. Bushmaster, can now proceed to the discovery process.  It is here where the plaintiffs hope to find a smoking gun on how Remington marketed the AR-15. The National Rifle Association see this ruling as a threat for Second Amendment rights nationwide.  It...(Read Full Post)