An attorney for the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting spoke about a settlement in their case against the maker of the weapon used in the shooting.
The case was Soto Et Al, which included nine Sandy Hook families, v. Bushmaster Firearms International.
It's a $73 million settlement, the families' counsel confirmed.
Remington Arms initially offered $33 million.
First filed in 2014, the lawsuit argued that gun manufacturer Remington aggressively marketed the assaultive and militaristic capabilities of the weapon used in the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting, purposefully appealing to the very kinds of people most likely to commit mass murder.
Remington denied the allegations.
Initially described by legal experts as “a losing proposition,” the families’ legal effort to help prevent "the next Sandy Hook" continued through seven years of legal challenges and two Remington bankruptcies.
According to court documents on Tuesday, a settlement agreement was reached between both parties.
“These nine families have shared a single goal from the very beginning: to do whatever they could to help prevent the next Sandy Hook. It is hard to imagine an outcome that better accomplishes that goal,” said Josh Koskoff, lead counsel and Partner at Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder. “This victory should serve as a wake up call not only to the gun industry, but also the insurance and banking companies that prop it up. For the gun industry, it’s time to stop recklessly marketing all guns to all people for all uses and instead ask how marketing can lower risk rather than court it. For the insurance and banking industries, it’s time to recognize the financial cost of underwriting companies that elevate profit by escalating risk. Our hope is that this victory will be the first boulder in the avalanche that forces that change.”
Twenty six students and staff members were killed in the shooting, which happened at the school in Newtown in 2012.
State police said the gunman used an AR-15.
The concept of money making everything better is a really weird thing to get your mind around.
Imagine losing your child and then spending 7 years trying to get money out of the loss.
Notice only 9 of the 26 families were involved in the settlement. So, at least 17 families get the point I'm trying to make here.
Undoubtedly, there were some greedy lawyers who were calling the families constantly telling them that they deserved to be rich because some psychopath killed their child. The families were probably like, "that's not going to bring my child back. We just want to move on." And the lawyer rubbed his hands together and said, "oh, but you don't want this to happen to anyone else, so if you sue them for millions of dollars I'll get 40% we can make sure this will never happen to any other family. Plus, you won't have to pay for anything, I'll take your case for a sizable percentage pro-bono, because I'm just a good person who wants to get rich you to get the justice you deserve."
This is where we are in society. This is the evolution of a materialistic, capitalist and Godless society that is hyper-focused on greed, status and humanism.
Historically, the community would have rallied around these families and offered them emotional, spiritual and material support. The community would have mourned with them. But, today society just sends news crews to camp outside their homes hoping to catch glimpses of grieving families and wait impatiently to write up articles on how much they won in the settlement.
This settlement will have absolutely zero effect on Remington. Because, they have lawyers and accountants who also know how to work the system. So, they calculate the settlement into losses or put it towards taxes or whatever they do.
So, basically these families just cashed out on the loss of their children at the expense of some big corporation that had nothing to do with the crime. The idea that Remington markets guns to criminals is just dumb.
Therefore, the settlement is just charity. In fact, Remington even offered a charitable contribution of $33 million that was declined by the greedy virtuous lawyers. Because they knew if Remington doubled that amount it would prevent anyone from using a gun to do bad things again.
I'm just glad these families can live a life of luxury while they're mourning the loss of their child.
I'm also glad that we live in a society that if something bad happens to you, lawyers will find someone to sue to make sure everyone gets rich.
In America, money is the cure for sorrow!
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