[tightbookkeeper]

Don’t forget their many other successful lawsuits:

- school administration

- rifle manufacturer

- the shooters mother (home insurance)

- other journalists who wrote about the event

I don’t know exactly what compensation they should get, but this does not seem like a healthy or sustainable way for our society to deal with tragedy.

[icegreentea2]

To be specific, the suit against the mother was against the mother's estate, since the mother was murdered by the shooter... like right away. The suit was settled by the estate.

The suit against the school administration was eventually dismissed (the families lost on appeal) (https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Two-Sandy-Hook-famili...). I agree it seemed kinda dubious, and I think the right outcome happened here.

The suit against Remington ended in a settlement, probably because Remington didn't want a chance in hell to set any legal precedent. The fact that the families got settlements is really a symptom of how unsettled the issue of gun control is in America. Like it's completely inane that it's fully legal to manufacture and sell AR-15 rifles to basically anyone, BUT that somehow marketing them to civilians is inappropriate. Remington settled because they just don't want any possibility of the status quo moving against them.

[tightbookkeeper]

AR-15 is merely a body style, there is no metric by which it is more dangerous than a hunting rifle.

[sofixa]

> I don’t know exactly what compensation they should get, but this does not seem like a healthy or sustainable way for our society to deal with tragedy.

I don't know if it's healthy or sustainable, but it definitely sounds healthier than ignoring the tragedy altogether.

[oddevan]

Agreed. It doesn't seem like a long-term solution, but it is the best way we have _right now_ to visit consequences on people/orgs that enabled the tragedy. If our society sees everything in cost/benefit, then increasing the costs of actions that lead to tragedies like this is one of the best things we can do.

[tightbookkeeper]

No. I actually don’t think lashing out at any wallet that happens to be in the area will make anyone happy.

The people who are responsible are dead.

[multjoy]

A healthy & sustainable way would probably be to do something about school shootings in the only country where they happen on a regular basis.

In the absence of that, what else would you propose?

[tightbookkeeper]

> what else would you propose?

Not suing others for millions or billions and spreading misery. Nothing can bring those kids back.

Maybe the government could have offered education and employment guarantees to the families?

> only country

Want to list some other things only the US has?

[consteval]

> but this does not seem like a healthy or sustainable way for our society to deal with tragedy

I don't know, this, to me, is the proper set of incentives. Nobody wants to lose money, so you better do everything you can to prevent these tragedies. If we just sob a little and move on, the systems in place will not change.

[KerrAvon]

I guarantee you these do not add up to a billion dollars.

[tightbookkeeper]

Wikipedia page disagrees with you. Whether they collected that amount, I do not know.