Röhm Gesellschaft

Röhm, often referred as simply RG, is a German brand of firearms and related shooting equipment. Since 2010 Röhm RG is a brand name of the UMAREX GmbH & Co. KG.

History

In the early 1950s the Röhm GmbH of Sontheim/Brenz, which was traditionally focused on the production of chucking tools, diversifys its product line and started to produce alarm guns, flare guns and handguns. Röhm's product line of firearms was primarily established under the brand name “RG”. In 2010 the management of the Röhm GmbH decided to sell the complete manufacture of firearms to the UMAREX GmbH & Co. KG of Arnsberg and to refocus on its core market of chucking tools.

Police Officer Thomas Delahanty was shot with a revolver made by Röhm by John Hinckley, Jr. during his failed assasination attempt on Ronald Reagan. Delahanty later sued Röhm with the argument that small, cheap guns have no purpose except for crime, and thus that the company should be held responsible. The suit was subsequently rejected by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in a suit that has served as case law for other similar product liability cases.^[1]

References

Röhm

^ Delahanty v. Hinckley, 564 A.2d 758 (D.C.App. 1989), judgment hosted by Carnegie Mellon University here.

External links

This article related to a manufacturing company is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This German corporation or company article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This firearms-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] Delahanty v. Hinckley, 564 A.2d 758 (D.C.App. 1989), judgment hosted by Carnegie Mellon University here.

[1]