Posted December 22, 2015 6:00 pm by Comments

By Nick Leghorn

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A few weeks ago we reported on some activity at the Stag Arms manufacturing facility, namely the seizure of thousands of undocumented firearms sitting on the factory floor. It seems that Stag has been doing a pretty poor job on the compliance front, failing to properly record firearms that they produced among other things that ATF inspectors salivate over finding. Things came to a head today as the former owner of Stag plead guilty in court to a number of regulatory no-nos, and as a result the ATF has offically revoked the manufacturing license for Stag Arms — one of the larger manufacturers of AR-15 rifles in the United States.

 

From the Courant:

New Britain-based Stag Firearms LLC pleaded guilty Tuesday to violating federal firearms laws and as part of a plea agreement company president and owner Mark Malkowski agreed to sell the company and have no further ownership or management role in a gun manufacturer.

The company, with Malkowski serving as its representative, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Hartford to a single felony count of possession of a machine gun not registered to the company.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is also revoking Stag’s federal …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns

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