Mon, Nov 6th, 2023 - 10:07am
March 28, 2024 - 9:53am | By Ty Schonert
(St. Paul, MN) -- 13 Attorney Generals are writing to a gun manufacturer and urging them to keep all records related to the production of their firearms.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and twelve others have signed onto a letter to Glock, Inc. encouraging the company to "preserve all evidence" for a potential future lawsuit. The letter accuses the company has known for decades their handguns can "easily" be adapted into a fully automatic firearm through the use of modifications called "switches" or "auto-sears". These modifications, the Attorneys General allege, had led to a 570% increase in the number of "machine-gun conversion parts" found by the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
“Everyone has a role to play in stopping the epidemic of gun violence. Individual offenders must be held accountable — and companies that turn a blind eye to their role in perpetuating the epidemic must be, too,” Attorney General Ellison said. “Attorneys general across the country have broad civil-law authority to protect the people of our states and we will not hesitate to use it if our states’ laws have been broken.”
"The City of Chicago’s lawsuit claims that your choices constitute violations of multiple sections of the Municipal Code of Chicago, including through the unreasonable sale and marketing of firearms and unfair business practices; the creation of, maintenance of, and contribution to an ongoing public nuisance; and negligence. If the City’s factual allegations are true, your conduct may also involve violations of our States’ laws. We will not hesitate to enforce our laws when they are violated," wrote the Attorney's General.
You can read the letter sent to Glock by clicking here.
