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The real reason Connecticut’s decision about Remington and Sandy Hook doesn’t make sense

By Katie Anderson
Published March 19, 2019 3:56pm ET
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The real reason Connecticut’s decision about Remington and Sandy Hook doesn’t make sense
In this Jan. 28, 2013, file photo, firearms training unit Detective Barbara J. Mattson, of the Connecticut State Police, holds a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle, the same make and model used by Adam Lanza in the 2012 Sandy Hook School shooting, during a hearing at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, Conn. | (Jessica Hill/AP)

Gun control activists joyously celebrated a court decision Thursday, claiming that the ruling will be a massive step towards ending gun violence.

Family members of the victims shot in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting can now sue Remington Arms, a firearm manufacturer based in North Carolina, according to the Connecticut Supreme Court.

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