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82. The Perfect Trigger (Remington Arms)

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Remington Model 700 Model 700 Recall - Why?

Remington did consider recalling the model 700 for a brief period in 19 79. The jury had just awarded six point eight million dollars to a lawyer in austin, texas who became paralyzed from the waste down after his model 600 rifle discharged unexpectedly. After that settlement, in 79, remington hired a giant public relations firm to update the company's ten commandments of firearm safety to be included with every purchase. Instead of a re remington continued to blame its customers for decades. And even now, they still insist there's nothing wrong with this trigger, when they know its actually defective, killing peple.

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