Build-at-Home Assault Rifle Kit Is at the Center of N.J. Lawsuit
- Sale of easily assembled, untraceable ‘ghost guns’ is at issue
- State says California company ignored cease-and-desist letter
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New Jersey sued a California “ghost gun” company that ships partly assembled firearms kits to buyers who can avoid background checks simply by building the untraceable weapons at home.
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal claims in a lawsuit filed Friday that U.S. Patriot Armory sold a kit for an AR-15 assault rifle to an undercover agent after receiving a cease-and-desist letter to halt sales in New Jersey. Grewal called it the first suit brought by a state against such a company.