State attorney general warns CT gun maker Sturm Ruger about litigation
BY Herschel Smith
18 minutes ago
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong is warning Fairfield-based gun manufacturer Sturm, Ruger & Co., that it could face litigation related to concerns that one of its pistols can be transformed into a machine gun.
Tong outlined his misgivings with Ruger’s RXM nine-millimeter pistol in a letter Monday to the company that alleged that the firearm can easily be converted into a fully automatic machine gun with the use of illegal “machine gun conversion devices” or what he called MCDs. His letter followed a similarly focused missive sent to the company last week by the Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, which called on the company to remove the RXM from the market unless it changed the pistol’s design.
“If the RXM can be easily converted to a machine gun by the attachment of an MCD, and videos my office has seen indicate that it can, Ruger’s pursuit of profits over safety may be in violation of (Connecticut’s Firearms Industry Responsibility Act and Unfair Trade Practices Act), by failing to enact reasonable controls to prevent the sale of legal firearms that can be easily converted to illegal firearms,” Tong said in the letter.
In a written statement provided by a spokesperson, Ruger officials said, “We have a long history of corporate responsibility and manufacturing safe, quality products for law-abiding citizens here in Connecticut and across the United States. We are disappointed that no one from Attorney General Tong’s office made an effort to talk with us in advance of the letter you reference and the related press release. That said, we offered to travel to Hartford to meet with Attorney General Tong.”
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Meanwhile, the growing scrutiny of MCDs could be leading to changes at other gun manufacturers such as Glock.
“In recent days, reports have indicated that Glock will soon be pulling its easily modifiable pistols from the market,” Everytown officials stated in their letter to Ruger.
Thanks for the precedent-setting capitulation, Glock. I guess it’s left up to Ruger to tell them to go pound sand.
Actually, if the firearms industry was pro-2A instead of pro-dollars, every manufacturer would agree to stop selling guns and parts to Connecticut law enforcement.
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On November 11, 2025 at 8:54 pm, Wes said:
I amazed they are still in CT. Jeebers