Dean Weingarten has a good find at Ammoland.
Judge Eduardo Ramos, the U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, has issued an Opinion & Order that a ban on stun guns is constitutional. A New York State law prohibits the private possession of stun guns and tasers; a New York City law prohibits the possession and selling of stun guns. Judge Ramos has ruled these laws do not infringe on rights protected by the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution.
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“The government, through the ATF, has a strong interest in promoting the safe use of firearms by the public, and in this particular case, in discouraging unregulated manufacture of forced reset triggers that allegedly infringe Rare Breed’s patents,” the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives asserted in a Monday filing in United States District Court.
Following this up, Len Savage wrote to the head of the ATF. You can see his memo here.
The answer to this is simple. They have no legal and legitimate interest. But here’s what’s happening if I remember correctly.
They got RBT to agree to maintain records of sales (individuals, names, bank accounts, etc.) in perpetuity. That means they know exactly where to go to claim the triggers as their own. EDIT: That agreement doesn’t exist with any other manufacturer. Thus, in order to track who has them and where they are, they need for FRT to be the only vendor allowed by law to manufacture them.
They still don’t like forced reset triggers. They never will because it assists rate of fire. Unfortunately for them, the law says nothing about rate of fire.
James asked some hard questions about the settlement, and this is a good video to help you understand what happened.
On the one hand, I understand the position taken by Lawrence. If you’ve invested millions of dollars in R&D, and then lost many more millions in legal costs, it matters to you and your employees what happens. You must ensure that you recoup costs.
On the other hand, they are just taking an awful beating in the comments. I mean, they are getting spanked to the point of blisters that they left Hoffman Super Safety behind. I know there have been some legal wranglings between then, but I also believe that the super safety is a much different design and was around long before RBT.
In any case, suffice it to say that this issue is probably not dead, especially as it pertains to a new administration that may not be as friendly.
