Three Steps Forward, One Step Back
By Mitch Berg
The big gun rights news this past week was the “Sandy Hook parents” winning is $73 million settlement from XXXXX.
Well I will defer to any lawyers on the finer points of this case, it appears to be more a matter of Connecticut law making the suit viable enough to make the settlement worth making.
Is it a precedent? Perhaps – in Connecticut.
This is further evidence, I think, of the thesis we talked about two years ago – how gun rights have won, and how the violent blowback in some of the bluer states is in fact evidence of that victory, as they overcompensate for the fact that gun control is on the wane nationwide.
Like all other gun control legislation (and the few gun control cases favorable to gun controlthat have gotten through the courts, in recent years), the proper response is to make sure a state law is clear on the subject.
And if blue states make the laws equally clear, to the point where it’s impossible to buy a firearm in Connecticut?
Well, then it’s up to Connecticut voters to fix that.
You know – to turn gun control into the same third rail there, in Connecticut, that it is nationwide, or at least to keep the issue in contention. Because in states with politically active gun rights movements, even seemingly unlikely ones, the battle is going very much the other way.
February 17th, 2022 at 11:11 am
The problem here, Mitch, is that Remington didn’t pay the settlement, the insurance companies did. Remington is actually in bankruptcy, but they certainly would have won the case, had they gone through the court system. Glen Beck covered this today on his show. He posits that this will be how the anti gunners will get around the 2nd Amendment. They will jack up the insurance rates on manufacturers, gun dealers and as just happened in San Jose, Commifornia, individual gun owners. Under a new law in San Jose, anyone purchasing a gun and applying for a permit, will have to show proof of liability insurance.
February 17th, 2022 at 11:26 am
What a great deal Remington got! $2.8M for each life taken, or about 1/3 of the standard “value of a statistical life”. And this is for kids with their whole life ahead of them.
February 17th, 2022 at 11:42 am
Remington as a company is no more, it was sold off piecemeal I think a couple years ago. So of course insurance company settled – they have no dog in the fight. It is not just about the laws, but application of laws. With Sorevil DA’s, the law will be twisted into pretzels to make 2nd amendment null and void.
February 17th, 2022 at 11:43 am
Remington as a company is no more, it was sold off piecemeal I think a couple years ago. So of course insurance company settled – they have no d0g in the fight. It is not just about the laws, but application of laws. With Sorevil DA’s, the law will be twisted into pretzels to make 2nd amendment null and void.
There, fixed it.
February 17th, 2022 at 11:45 am
BS429 wrote: “Under a new law in San Jose, anyone purchasing a gun and applying for a permit, will have to show proof of liability insurance.”
Is the prime purpose of a (insured) car to defend someone? No. I guess there are worse intellectual arguments one could make, but none come to mind.
February 17th, 2022 at 12:04 pm
Not sure who Remington is these days and who actually got sued. Remington ammo is now Vista Outdoors(federal) and some of it was bought by an investment group.
73 million is a lot of money, but all insurance companies make calculated payouts.
They took the hit and wrote this one off.
Not sure of precedence it will set.
February 17th, 2022 at 2:35 pm
There used to be a number of large firearms manufacturers in Connecticut.
Are there any left?
If so, I’d expect this to convince the last of them to leave.
February 17th, 2022 at 5:04 pm
I’m not an attorney but it strikes me that wrongful death lawsuits against criminals who commit murder with a firearm are rare. Legal costs for shooters who claim self defense are high. Insurance is available for them. Legal costs for thugs who shoot people while carjacking are, of course, paid for by taxpayers. The San Jose law is virtue signaling nonsense.
February 17th, 2022 at 5:31 pm
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February 18th, 2022 at 12:11 am
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February 18th, 2022 at 6:54 am
FRESCH:
Remington was part of a consortium of firearm manufacturers known as Freedom Group. It included DPMS Panther Arms, Marlin Firearms, Bushmaster and Remington. Freedom Group was part of the portfolio of Cerberus Capital Management, until 2012. They put the Freedom Group up for sale after pressure from a California pension board.
While Remington was in bankruptcy, DPMS, which used to be based in St. Cloud, was purchased by JJE Capital Holdings in late 2020 and manufacturing was moved to South Carolina.
Remington is still based in the communist controlled state of CT.
February 18th, 2022 at 9:05 am
Not quite Remington, boss. Here is the final tally after Cerberus sold off Remington piecemeal:
The largest part of the Remington business was sold to Vista Outdoor. For over $81 million, Vista got Remington’s ammunitions plant in Arkansas and the rights to use the Remington name and trademarks.
Investment company Roundhill Group spent $13 million for the original Remington plant in Ilion, its museum, and steam power facility. The company also purchased the Remington barrel-making plant in Lenore City, Tenn.
Sturm, Ruger & Co., which purchased Marlin Firearms.
Sierra Bullets, which bought Barnes Bullets.
Franklin Armory, which bought the Bushmaster brand and related assets.
Sportsman’s Warehouse, which purchased TAPCO brands.
JJE Capital Holdings, which bought the DPMS Panther Arms, Stormlake, AAC, H&R, and Parker brands.
Cerberus’ insurance was likely on the hook for the lawsuit, JD can probably weigh in, but I am sure it was on the books during the split and no way anybody would buy that liability.
February 18th, 2022 at 9:07 am
Dang, that whole breakdown list should have been in italics as it is a copy and paste.
February 18th, 2022 at 9:47 am
I have no idea how this claim survived bankruptcy, but I’m not bankruptcy lawyer.
But it does strike me as odd that the court would allow a lawsuit based on Advertising. Imagine all the car accident victims who should be able to sue General Motors for the fast driving car ads under the slogan “Pontiac, we build excitement.”
February 18th, 2022 at 10:11 am
odd that the court would allow
Two Americas™
February 18th, 2022 at 11:48 am
A financial investment required to excersize a Constitutional right?
Sure; good idea. $100 handling fee for a ballot.
February 18th, 2022 at 12:52 pm
jpa;
Thanks. Wasn’t sure where everything went after DPMS and was going from, obviously fuzzy, memory.
February 19th, 2022 at 6:57 pm
The CDC says there were over 45,000 firearm fatalities in 2020. But how many of these people simply died with bullet wounds but not from bullet wounds? How many were already hospitalized when they got shot?
February 20th, 2022 at 6:21 am
Nice try, but the correct analogy would be how many of the people who died of bullet wounds were suicides, trying to avoid an even more agonizing death?
February 20th, 2022 at 8:08 am
Joe Doakes might otherwise use his time and platforms to amplify Russian propaganda against Ukraine.
February 20th, 2022 at 11:50 am
“No entangling alliances” = Russian propaganda.
Who knew?
February 20th, 2022 at 12:43 pm
There are evidently many people who believe that preventing the enforcement of traffic laws in downtown Ottawa is a vital US national interest — but that the first major-power war in Europe since 1945 is no big deal one way or the other.
February 20th, 2022 at 4:05 pm
Correct, and they all work for the Lesko Brandon administration.
Sad.