Nicole Hockley's son was one of 20 first-graders and six educators murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012.
Nicole Hockley and the families of eight other Sandy Hook school shooting victims have spent the last seven years fighting a battle no one thought they would win. The agreement requires Remington to release internal documents, showing how it marketed the Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle used in the massacre.
"It's not going to stop gun manufacturers, it's not going to stop the sale of firearms, but it's going to ensure that at least they're done with responsibility, with accountability and with safety in mind," Hockley told CBS News' Nikki Battiste. Hockley's son Dylan would have been 15 years old this year.
Attorneys representing the families argued that Remington deliberately marketed the AR-15 to troubled young men through placement in violent video games and advertisements that had the phrases like:"Consider Your Man Card Reissued." In this case, the lawyers for the Sandy Hook families worked around that federal law that protects gunmakers by arguing that Remington's marketing violated a specific Connecticut consumer law. "I know the headlines today are going to be about the $73 million; that just really isn't on my radar," Hockley said."It's more about the process of what we can do with what we discovered and how we can share with everyone else.
Remington went bankrupt in 2020 and has in the past denied allegations against the company. Remington did not respond to CBS News requests for comments.
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