Sandy Hook Conspiracy Theorist Ordered to Pay Victim’s Father $450,000 in Defamation Suit

Just as after virtually every high profile shooting in this country, a cottage industry of conspiracy theorists sprung up after the Sandy Hook shooting. Alex Jones has claimed both that the shooting was a “false flag” operation conducted by the government and that no one actually died there that day. Jones has lost a defamation suit brought … Read more

States, Politicians Join NRA in Backing Remington in Sandy Hook Lawsuit Supreme Court Appeal

In March, the Connecticut Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling throwing out a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Sandy Hook parents and one survivor against Remington Arms. Remington made the Bushmaster rifle used in the massacre. A lower court dismissed the suit against the Remington because of the provisions of the Protection of Lawful Commerce … Read more

Remington Appeals Connecticut Court’s Sandy Hook Lawsuit Ruling to the US Supreme Court

In March, the Connecticut Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling throwing out a lawsuit filed by Sandy Hook parents and a survivor against Remington Arms, the maker of the rifle used in the massacre. The lower court dismissed the suit against the gunmaker because of the provisions of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in … Read more

Sandy Hook Parents’ Appeal Focuses on School’s Failure to Lock Down School Before Shooting

The parents of two of the children killed in the Sandy Hook shooting sued the city and school district, claiming that the school’s administrators failed to follow security protocols as the shooter began his attack, shooting his way into the school. The parents claimed that a lockdown order should have been issued when the shooter … Read more

The Truth About the Sandy Hook Lawsuit Against Remington

As you’ve probably heard by now, the Connecticut Supreme Court over-ruled a lower court ruling to allow a lawsuit by the survivors and heirs of the Sandy Hook shooting to go forward. This, despite clear protections provided to firearms manufacturers under the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. The shooter’s mother — someone who … Read more

The Newtown Action Alliance Wimps Out

  Earlier today, the post-Newtown Newtown Action Alliance protested the gun industry’s unwillingness to throw the Second Amendment under the bus. They did so by demonstrating in front of the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s headquarters – at the same time that all the NSSF big wigs (and 60,000 of their closest friends) are attending the … Read more