Letters to the Editor: Sandy Hook families got $73 million. More gun makers should have to pay

The mom of Rachel D’Avino, who was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012, holds her daughter’s image throughout a information convention in Trumbull, Conn., on Feb. 15.

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To the editor: I'm certain there's loads of commentary on the $73-million settlement between gun maker Remington and the households of 9 individuals killed at Sandy Hook Elementary College in 2012 — a lot of it expressing reduction, a lot of it indignation.

The very fact is that this extraordinarily righteous settlement over the sale of AR-15-style weapons — which exist solely to kill as many people as attainable within the least period of time — is manner overdue.

For a few years now individuals have been taking automotive producers to courtroom and successful big payouts. The identical goes for cigarette corporations. The identical goes for toy producers — bear in mind “Garden Darts”?

It’s actually tough to think about any industries during which producers haven't been sued when their merchandise have been linked to the deaths of youngsters or adults. And, not like weapons, these merchandise weren't meant to kill individuals.

Former President George W. Bush was a wimp for letting the Nationwide Rifle Assn. stress him into signing the Safety of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act in 2005. This allowed one other 17 years of homicide porn to be splashed throughout the entrance pages of newspapers and on tv screens the world over.

So, I say it’s about time gun producers have been held accountable for the carnage their weapons trigger.

Paula Del, Brentwood

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To the editor: Whereas the settlement between Sandy Hook households and Remington is welcome and lengthy overdue, we must always bear in mind one other group with accountability for that tragedy that has but to be held accountable — Congress.

A federal ban on the manufacture and sale of assault weapons was enacted in 1994. Sadly it expired in 2004, and efforts to resume it have been blocked. In 2013, a 60-40 vote within the Senate ended the ultimate try to renew the ban.

Lots of the politicians who voted to dam the ban are nonetheless in Congress.

The mom of the Sandy Hook killer was capable of legally buy a beforehand banned AR-15-style gun due to the actions of those politicians. The Sandy Hook killer would by no means have been capable of get off 154 photographs in lower than 5 minutes with out the assistance of those politicians, who must be held to account.

John La Grange, Solana Seashore