US Judge Rules Victim Families Can Sue Bushmaster:

US Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis has ruled in Bridgeport Connecticut that the lawsuit against the maker of the Bushmaster semi-auto rifle used in the 2012 'Sandy Hook Elementary School Shootings' may continue.

Judge Barbara Bellis ruled Thursday that a federal law protecting gun-makers from lawsuits does not prevent lawyers for the families of Sandy Hook victims from arguing that the AR-15 semi-automatic rifle is a military weapon and should not have been sold to civilians.

A lawyer for the families had argued there is an exception in federal law that allows litigation against companies that know, or should know, that their weapons are likely to be used in a way that risks injury to others.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has been criticized for his stance on this.. Sanders told the New York Daily News that "No, I don't" believe that the victims of gun violence should have the ability to sue the gun manufacturer."

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Bushmaster XM15M4A3 5.56 NATO Rifles.

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