No doubt the lady made a big mistake. And you have to feel for her loss. But I am not sure how she was handling the rifle safely if she shot through both sides of her horse trailer?? That may be a crass thing to say, but it is the truth. Her husband seemed like a very knowledgable gun man. I would bet a dollar to a donut that their was some work done to the trigger on that rifle.
Anything mechanical can fail. I think we all know that.
But that program was very disingenuous. Not one time did they mention that most of the problems would occur if someone tampered with the trigger. And I think that was very bad. But it will not come off that way. They hurt Remington real bad. And they hurt the gun owners rights very bad also.

I do not mind them telling a story. But they should tell the whole truth. They were showing military rifles as if it was a rifle that just came off the Remington assembly line. And we all know that is not the way it is. We al know those actions and triggers are worked over!!!

Overall I think it was a real bad hack job on a firearms manufacturer. But then what else would you expect??

If only they had mentioned owners tampering with the trigger. Even ONE TIME then I could lend them a little credibility. But tampering with the trigger was never mentioned.

If you handle a firearm the way it is suppose to be handled then you do not even need a safety. So how can you blame the safety for a situation you should have never been in to start with. How in the heck did the one guy shot himself in the face if he was handling the gun safely?? HOW?? Tom.