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Father's 18-year quest to fulfill promise to dead son ends with Remington settlement
WILLOW CREEK – Richard Barber doesn’t believe in coincidence.
So when the news came last week that the landmark class action settlement requiring Remington to replace triggers on over 7 million of the company’s most popular rifles became official on the 18th anniversary of his son’s death, Barber was certain of one thing.
“It was an act of God,” he said.
Nine-year-old Gus Barber died on Oct. 23, 2000, after his mother’s Remington Model 700 rifle fired without her touching the trigger. The bullet struck Gus, who, unbeknownst to the family, had run to other side of a horse trailer.
https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/father-s--year-quest-to-fulfill-promise-to-dead/article_903ee32f-5074-574f-8dd3-efca79059cb9.html
So when the news came last week that the landmark class action settlement requiring Remington to replace triggers on over 7 million of the company’s most popular rifles became official on the 18th anniversary of his son’s death, Barber was certain of one thing.
“It was an act of God,” he said.
Nine-year-old Gus Barber died on Oct. 23, 2000, after his mother’s Remington Model 700 rifle fired without her touching the trigger. The bullet struck Gus, who, unbeknownst to the family, had run to other side of a horse trailer.
https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/father-s--year-quest-to-fulfill-promise-to-dead/article_903ee32f-5074-574f-8dd3-efca79059cb9.html
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