Remington Arms Company, the manufacturer of the weapon used to kill 20 first graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut on December 14, 2012, has subpoenaed the school records of five students and four teachers whose survivors are suing the armorer, the Connecticut Post reports.

In court Thursday, lawyers for the nine families asked a judge to seal the records, which would detail attendance, grades and disciplinary records for the students and professional evaluations and attendance for the educators.

“We have no explanation for why Remington subpoenaed the Newtown Public School District to obtain the kindergarten and first-grade academic, attendance and disciplinary records of these five school children,” said the families’ lead attorney, Josh Koskoff, after filing a motion to change the protection order in state Superior Court in Waterbury. “The records cannot possibly excuse Remington’s egregious marketing conduct, or be of any assistance in estimating the catastrophic damages in this case. The only relevant part of their attendance records is that they were at their desks on December 14, 2012.”

Remington made the AR-15-style weapon taken by 20-year-old Adam Lanza from his mother’s unlocked gun cabinet.  Lanza then used the weapon to shoot through a glass panel next to a locked door to gain access to the school, where he shot the victims at close range in a classroom.

The families have sued Remington claiming wrongful death for the company’s marketing the weapon recklessly, saying that the company portrayed a weapon of war as a safe weapon for civilians.

The families’ attorney’s have submitted a subpoena for Remington’s records on sales, safety concerns and marketing claiming that claims of proprietary information are no longer relevant because the company, which declared bankruptcy in 2020, no longer exists.