IIRC, Lanza's mother bought/owned the guns. She stored them in a way that Lanza could access them. Lanza took the gun(s) without her permission. How can Remington possibly be responsible for a gun store selling guns to Lanza's mother, and how the mother stored her guns, and for Lanza stealing them? This lawsuit is absurd on its face.
It would be like holding Stihl or Poulan responsible for advertising chainsaws, and having someone emulate
that movie with one. How is that the manufacturer's fault?
Will anyone be able to advertise a kitchen knife, or a vehicle that "will go through anything"...
This is pissed off people looking for deep pockets because someone misused the company's product.
They have destroyed the house, he contents of the home were incinerated ("to keep curio seekers from collecting them as grim mementos or to sell"), the school was demolished. There is nothing there to be angry at. Any evidence not held in evidence has been destroyed.
Going after Remington in their protracted grief won't fix anything. It will not bring one single child back from the grave. t won't make these people feel any better for taking their anger out on yet something else that had nothing to do with the sick mind that perpetrated the crime.
It won't prevent a crime in the future. Put a check in their hands and if they feel better, this wasn't about their kids, it was either for money, to punish someone who didn't shoot anyone, or just part of a protracted tantrum. Then what?
Nothing hurts like losing a kid, especially to something senseless. We're supposed to outlive our kids.
But:
The perpetrator is dead and gone.
The supplier of the weapon (his mom) dead and gone.
Their house is gone (torn down).
Their stuff is gone (burned).
The school is gone (also torn down).
There isn't anything left to throw rocks at in their anger, yet they continue.
