DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- A Florida-based online arms seller says it can't confirm that a gun it sold is linked to Islamic militants in the Paris attacks.
The head of a Serbian arms factory told The Associated Press this week that the M92 semi-automatic pistol's serial number matched one delivered to Delray Beach-based Century Arms in May 2013.
According to a statement posted Friday on its website, Century Arms is cooperating with investigators but is "unable to confirm" that the firearm it sold has been linked to the attacks that killed 130.
The statement says the company "expects the firearms it ships to licensed firearms dealers in the United States to be sold in strict compliance with the law."
The company says its guns are sold for hunting, range shooting, collecting and home defense.
ATF spokeswoman Ginger Colbrun said in an email to The AP Saturday, "Serial numbers of firearms are not always unique when manufactured in other countries. However, no firearm(s) used in the Paris attacks have been traced by ATF."
Statement of Century Arms
Century employs nearly two hundred men and women in high-quality, manufacturing-related jobs. Indirectly, the company supports dozens more jobs through the work it sends to vendors. For more than fifty years,
Century has sold high-quality sporting arms to meet the demands of its customers. The firearms sold by Century are in common usage throughout the United States for hunting, range shooting, historical-collecting, and home defense.
Century has an active and vibrant training and compliance program. The company abides by all federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Century expects the firearms it ships to licensed firearms dealers in the United States to be sold in strict compliance with the law. United States law forbids the selling or transfer of a firearm to anyone outside of this country without approval from the United States Department of State. Century also expects that anyone who breaks these laws will be found and prosecuted.
We have received an unconfirmed report that a pistol, that was legally imported into the United States and legally sold to a licensed, domestic firearms dealer more than two years ago, may have been recovered from the scene of the Paris Shootings. We are unable to confirm that report, but are assisting authorities with their investigation into this matter.
