Veronique Pozner's son, Noah, was one of 20 children shot with a military-style assault rifle at Sandy Hook school, Connecticut, in December 2012. Many viewed the massacre that left 26 dead as a turning point in America's debate over assault rifles. "They are weapons of mass carnage that are designed for the battle field... They should be made illegal", said Pozner. But in the face of Presidential reforms and mass outcry, Congressional inertia proved too strong to allow for radical change. Then came the San Bernardino and Orlando massacres. "It was just that feeling of 'here we go again'", says Pozner, in the aftermath of the Orlando nightclub killings. Yet in spite of ongoing massacres and vicious backlash from "gun truthers" claiming Sandy Hook was a lie, the Pozners are optimistic. Their radical bid, as part of a landmark case, is to strip legal immunity from gun makers and sellers when guns are used in a crime. "Drug manufacturers and tobacco manufacturers do not enjoy that [immunity]", says Veronique Pozner. "There are consequences and it's about time people brought that to the forefront".

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