Manufacturer Told to Stop Selling Triggers That Made $39 Million

A firearm trigger maker has to stop selling its product because the government is likely to win on its claim that the triggers illegally convert a semi-automatic rifle into a machine gun, a federal court said Tuesday, when it granted the government a preliminary injunction.

Rare Breed Triggers LLC, Rare Breed Firearms LLC, and individual defendants Lawrence DeMonico and Kevin Maxwel sold $39 million worth of the triggers, known as FRT-15s, in two years, but evidence showed that the government is likely to win on its claims that RBT fraudulently induced its customers to buy a product that it knew ...