The Massachusetts Attorney General’s office is investigating possible safety issues with Glock and Remington guns — a probe the gun makers are trying to shoot down.
(NYDailyNews)- AG Maura Healey’s office is investigating whether Glock guns are “prone to accidental discharge,” and if the company knew about the problem and failed to act, the Boston Globe reported.
A spokeswoman for the AG told the paper she’d asked gun manufacturers to turn over customer safety complaints because firearms are one of the only products not regulated by the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The investigation was revealed by lawsuits filed by Glock and Remington in Massachusetts seeking to quash the AG’s subpoenas.
Remington’s court filings call her request “unreasonable and excessively burdensome.” Glock’s filing says the investigation is intended “to harass an industry that the attorney general finds distasteful and to make political headlines by pursing members of the firearm industry,” the Globe reported.