A lawsuit against the manufacturer, distributor and seller of the rifle used in the Sandy Hook School shooting will have a change in venue. The owner of Bushmaster Firearms International has been granted a move of the case from Superior Court to Hartford Federal Court.
The families of several of those killed and a teacher injured at Sandy Hook School originally filed the lawsuit around the two year anniversary. The negligence and wrongful death lawsuit asserts that the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle should not have been made publicly available because it is a military weapon unsuited for civilian use.
In addition to Bushmaster, the families have named Camfour, a firearm distributor, and Riverview Gun Sales, the store where the Bushmaster rifle was purchased in 2010.