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Deadly Defect? Popular Remington Rifle Can Fire On Its Own, Suit Claims
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The popular Remington Model 700 rifle has a manufacturing defect that can cause it to fire without the trigger being pulled, experts told CBS’s “60 Minutes” during a Sunday broadcast.
Some owners of the iconic bolt-action rifle report that it can fire rounds on its own when the safety is off.
Thousands of owners have complained that the Remington 700 has gone off even though they did not pull the trigger, a class action lawsuit in federal court in Missouri alleges.
The attorneys general from 10 states wrote the judge, claiming “there are potentially as many as 7.5 million defective rifles at issue.” Additionally, the letter says, “Remington knows or should know … they are unreasonably dangerous.”
At least two people have been killed by potentially defective Remington 700s, “60 Minutes” reported. In 2011, 16-year-old Jasmine Thar died instantly when a round from a Model 700 hit her in her grandmother’s yard in Chadbourn, N.C.
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The rifle’s owner, ex-Marine and experienced hunter James Anthony Blackwell, testified under oath that the gun went off on its own. He was across the street.
“Do you, Anthony Blackwell, believe that you pulled the trigger?” he was asked.
Source: http://www.offthegridnews.com/current-events/deadly-defect-popular-remington-rifle-can-fire-on-its-own-suit-claims/
