A firearm company must pay millions of dollars in damages and will be banned from selling guns in Washington, D.C., after the manufacturer was sued by the district’s attorney general for illegal sales in the city.
Polymer80 must pay more than $4 million in penalties after illegally advertising gun kits that would allow D.C. residents to construct their own firearms without serial numbers or other identification numbers, Attorney General Karl Racine announced in a statement on Thursday. This type of firearm, commonly called a “ghost gun,” is banned in Washington, D.C., and the attorney general sued the company for allegedly falsely telling customers the weapon kits were legal.
Polymer80 pushed back on the suit, arguing the gun kits do not constitute actual firearms, meaning they are legal under district law. The company also claimed there was no evidence its products were specifically targeted toward district residents or that many people in Washington, D.C., purchased the kits.
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