A judge has ruled that the Connecticut gun shop that sold Nancy Lanza the rifle used by her son Adam in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre filed for bankruptcy this week but a lawsuit filed by family members of some victims will go forward, The Hartford Courant reported yesterday. Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis ruled, however, that the case against Riverview Sales Inc. will be delayed until the bankruptcy proceedings are complete. The business owes about $140,900 to creditors and has about $825 in assets. The gun shop lost its federal firearms license days after the Dec. 14, 2012, shooting in which Adam Lanza killed 26 people using a Bushmaster AR-15 that his mother had legally purchased at Riverview in 2010. Lanza then killed himself using a Sig Sauer pistol his mother also bought at Riverview in 2011. Riverview’s largest creditor is Our Nation's Best Sports Corp., which is owed $101,917. The bankruptcy filing also lists all 26 families or estates of those killed at Sandy Hook as potential creditors.
