The biggest threat to our legal system is that we have a very dumbed down jury pool. An overwhelming majority of Americans believe things that simply aren't true and have no legal basis. We all know Lanza sat in his basement playing violent video games all day every day. We know the brand of AR and company marketing had no real role in what he was telling his mom to buy. He was killing pixels on his tv screen with an AR and he wanted an AR, end of story. So we can look at the causal order of this event and see it was:
Lanza
Lanza's mom
School
Video game companies
Gun manufacturer
Ammo manufacturer
All other companies whose product(s) were utilized in the crime
We know video game manufacturers have deeper pockets than gun companies, so why not go there first? Because they wrapped themselves in the 1st Amendment and suddenly they're off limits legally. RemingBushmasterton wrapped themselves in the 2nd Amendment and that makes them the Rodney Dangerfield of defendants. They're a ripe target for an emotional jury pool shown bloody kid corpse images and they will find for plaintiffs.
If Remington loses this case (or even if they don't), most gun manufacturers will simply change their marketing practices and this will be a one off. It's just another skirmish in the never ending battle to save our rights.
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