Model: JA Nine, Height: 4.75 inches, Thickness 1.25 inches, Weight: 30 Oz, Length: 6.625 inches, Barrel length: 3.75 inches. These features coupled with a last round slide hold open makes this pistol uncommonly accurate and a delight at the range. The high visibility front sight is another great feature which adds to a highly effective sight pattern. Other, higher priced, pistols do not offer this kind of flexibility. Nine is its easy to use massive screw adjustable rear sight which is adjustable for Windage and elevation. The flagship feature of the Jimenez Arms J.A. introduces an inexpensive reliable 9MM concealed carry semi-auto pistol. Lives will be saved as a result of this decision, and it should serve as a wake-up call for those in the industry who put profit over public safety.”Īccording to the March 30 filing, the plaintiffs have requested a copy of the revocation notice “in anticipation of dismissing the case.Description: Jimenez Arms Inc. Jimenez should not have a firearms license, no matter what business name he decides to manufacture under. (Everytown for Gun Safety’s nonpolitical arm provides funding to The Trace here is a list of The Trace’s major donors and its policy on editorial independence.)Īlla Lefkowitz, the senior director of affirmative litigation for Everytown Law, said following the ATF’s ruling, “Mr. Everytown Law, the legal branch of the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety - which joined Illinois and Kansas City in the suit - is currently joining several other cities in suing the ATF to compel the agency to regulate ghost guns. The gun reform group Brady has been trying to shut down bad apple gun dealers for years. “The ATF’s decision is a step toward holding accountable manufacturers of guns that are designed for trafficking.” “I appreciate the ATF’s decision to revoke JA Industries’ license, which should never have been approved in the first place,” Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said in a statement. The agency did not respond to a request for comment. The results of that inspection have not been released, but appear to have led to the ATF’s ruling. In a court filing in fall 2021, the Southern District revealed that the ATF had agreed to initiate an inspection of JA Industries, which was set to take two months. Several of those companies closed as they or their executives faced criminal accusations, federal investigation, or lawsuits alleging the handguns their factories produced were prone to spontaneously discharge, explode, or be used in a crime.

In August 2020, The Trace’s Brian Freskos revealed that JA Industries was at least the twelfth gunmaking business operated by members and close associates of the same extended family since 1970. Still, the ATF issued it a federal firearms license. Within two months, Jimenez had set up shop under a new banner, JA Industries, which was within walking distance of Jimenez Arms’ former headquarters. The filing was widely seen as an effort by owner Paul Jimenez to sidestep lawsuits stemming from revelations that his company had supplied pistols to a Kansas City, Missouri, firefighter who later pleaded guilty to trafficking guns, at least one of which was used in a murder. Jimenez Arms initiated bankruptcy proceedings in February 2020 just as it came under increasing scrutiny for its ties to an interstate trafficking ring. The Trace’s reporting has shown that JA Industries is largely a clone of Jimenez Arms, which declared bankruptcy in what experts said was an effort to avoid accountability for unscrupulous business practices.

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