First they came for Glock, and I did not speak out—
Because I wasn’t a Glock fan.
Then they came for Ruger, …
See where I’m going with this?
Everytown for Gun Safety has now set its sights on Sturm, Ruger & Co., calling on the American gunmaker to stop producing its new RXM pistol, just weeks after Glock announced plans to discontinue several of its most popular handguns amid ongoing lawsuits and legislative pressure from anti-gun activists.
In a letter sent on Monday, Everytown’s chief litigation counsel, Eric Tirschwell, told Ruger that the company should “put public safety first” by either removing the RXM pistol from the market or redesigning its internal trigger system. The group claims the RXM shares a trigger mechanism similar to Glock’s so-called “cruciform” design; a part that Everytown argues makes both brands’ pistols vulnerable to illegal modification with so-called switches or auto sears.
“Ruger faces a choice following Glock’s recent announcement,” Tirschwell wrote. “Will it continue to sell the RXM despite the evidence of its ease of convertibility to an illegal machine gun, or will it put public safety first?”
By Scott Witner

