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Meryl Phair

RARE PHOTOS: Gunmaker to pay sandy hook families - The Real Truth

Seven thousand pairs of shoes, representing the children killed by gun violence since the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, are spread out on the lawn on the east side of the U.S. Capitol, March 13, 2018 Getty/Chip Somodevilla

Remington Arms Co. came to a settlement with the families of nine gun violence victims who lost their lives at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, marking the first time a gun manufacturer will be held legally responsible for a mass shooting in the U.S.

The families will be paid $73 million by Remington, who made the Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle used in the killing of 20 first graders and six educators. 

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