NEWINGTON — Gun maker Sig Sauer has filed a civil
suit against the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives claiming the federal agency wrongfully classified a “muzzle
brake” Sig designed to reduce recoil, as an item “intended only for use”
when making a silencer.
Sig claims that gun
silencers are “subject to burdensome legal requirements” and by calling
its muzzle brake a part for a silencer, the federal agency is subjecting
it to “economic injury.”
“If classified as a silencer, no market exists
for the subject device given that it will not silence, muffle, or
diminish the report of a firearm and yet it would still be subject to
the burdensome requirements set forth above as if it really is a
silencer,” Sig argues through Manchester attorney Mark Rouvalis and
Virginia attorney Stephen Halbrook.
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