The U.S. Supreme Court will determine on November 8, 2019, whether to hear Remington Arms Co. v. Soto, a high-profile case featuring the families of those killed in the Sandy Hook shooting versus the American firearms and ammunition manufacturer.

In the crosshairs: “America’s Rifle,” the AR-15, which was (mis)used during the Sandy Hook mass shooting.

If taken up, Remington will become the widest-reaching firearms manufacturing case in a decade, since the Court took up DC vs. Heller in 2008. Heller upheld individual self-defense as part of the Second Amendment.

The High Court will consider whether to take up the case as soon as Friday, in which the nine Justices will determine whether Remington is legally liable for producing and marketing their variant of the AR-15 that was used in the horrific Sandy Hook shooting in December 2012 in which 20 first-graders and six teachers were killed.

As it stands now, firearms manufacturers are not held legally culpable in the aftermath of a shooting, even one as terrible as Sandy Hook or the El Paso Walmart. A ruling in favor of plaintiffs associated with the Sandy Hook families could change that.