NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A group of firearms retailers have removed a lawsuit filed against them by New York's attorney general to federal court.
AG Letitia James' case, filed June 29 in New York Supreme Court, says the defendants' guns are made so that they can easily be converted into untraceable and sold without background checks - so-called "ghost guns."
The defendants are Arm or Ally, 80 Percent Arms, 80P Builder, Brownells, Glockstore/GS Performance, Indie Guns, KM Tactical, Primary Arms, Rainer Arms and Rock Slide USA. The suit accuses of them of fraud and public nuisance, as well as failure to establish reasonable controls by a gun industry member.
The defendants sell unfinished frames, marketed as incomplete, even though all it requires is a "tiny amount of plastic to shave down at the top of the frame and three tiny holes to be drilled on the side," the suit says.
"These adjustments require no guesswork," it adds. "With the aid of a simple jig that precisely guides the tool work, usually sold together with the unfinished part as a kit, an individual can produce a working firearm in under an hour without any special skill or aptitude."
The defendants removed the case to federal court on July 19.