BUSHMASTER SUED BY SANDY HOOK FAIMILIES

The negligence and wrongful death lawsuit says that the AR-15 rifle should not have been made publicly available because it is a military weapon unsuited for civilian use

Nine families of the 26 killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre and one of the surviving wounded teachers have filed a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit Monday against several military-style gun makers, including Bushmaster Firearms International, the manufacturer of the AR-15 used December 14, 2012 by Adam Lanza in his shooting spree. The lawsuit also named firearms distributor Camfour and Riverview Gun Sales, the gun store that sold the Bushmaster AR-15.

The lawsuit maintains that the AR-15 rifle should not have been made publicly available because it is a military weapon unsuited for civilian use.

Josh Koskoff, one of the lawyers who filed the suit, said "The AR-15 was specifically engineered for the United States Military to meet the needs of changing warfare. In fact, one of the Army's specifications for the AR-15 was that it has the capability to penetrate a steel helmet."

The lawsuit detailed other mass shootings with AR-15s. “[The defendants] knew, or should have known that the sale of the AR-15 posed an unreasonable and egregious risk of physical injury to others. In addition, it should’ve known it would’ve been used in a mass shooting to inflict maximum casualties.”

It also states that “These defendants know that as a result of selling AR-15s to the civilian market, individuals unfit to operate these weapons gain access to them... Despite that knowledge, defendants continue to sell the XM15-E52 rifle to the civilian market.”

It is my opinion that the plaintiffs filed this lawsuit solely in an attempt to make all gun manufacturers end the sales of military-style firearms to American civilians. I hope that the judge will see the lawsuit for what it is and toss it out of court. However, since the lawsuit has been filed in Connecticut, a state that is almost as liberal as San Francisco and Berkeley, that ain’t gonna happen.