Sig Romeo 5 Recall

Sig has rubbed somebody wrong to get this attention, but short version is 230,000 units are being recalled to replace battery covers with warning stickers. This will clearly prevent anyone from removing a battery from a Romeo5 and eating it.

I am not belittling the fact these are very dangerous if swallowed, but children’s toys seem exponentially higher at risk than getting a battery out of a firearm red dot.

Sig Saur Recalls 230,000 ROMEO5 Red Dot Sights

Now I need to go look at my AT3 red dot and my Vortex LPVO to be sure they are properly labeled

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We’re not going to make it, are we?

:man_facepalming:t4:

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Next thing you know we will need labels telling us coffee is hot and not to put our hands in a running lawnmower. Wait…

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It never ceases to amaze me.

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I don’t have a red dot yet… but would request Sig to send me the sticker or to send me the replacement battery cover.

There is no need for the consumer safety whatever whomever board to dictate that SIG personally disarm American citizens over a sticker which should not be an issue for the typical gun owner to begin with!

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My last optic purchase was a Romeo 5, and I’m telling ya’, the batteries are delicious. I find them just right after 3 33 round Glock mags dumps from my Stribog. Tender, not overdone, and goes well with that last bullet.

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(Speaking in Arnold’s voice) It is in your nature to destroy yourselves.

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Maybe people are putting the Romeo 5s on their kids nerf guns?:man_shrugging:

Is this a case of a kid actually eating a battery from a Romeo 5 or a new method the anti self defense crowd is using to try and put gun manufacturers out of business?

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It’s a result of Reese’s Law signed sometime in 2022. It applies to all products that use them and makes getting them out of the package almost impossible.

https://www.cpsc.gov/Business--Manufacturing/Business-Education/Business-Guidance/Button-Cell-and-Coin-Battery#:~:text=Enacted%20in%202022%2C%20Reese’s%20Law,or%20can%20use%20such%20batteries.

From the link:

" The Commission recognizes that there may be limited testing availability and potential hardship with meeting the mandatory requirements; therefore, the Commission has granted an enforcement discretion such that these requirements will apply to products manufactured or imported after March 19, 2024."

Since the Sig Romeo5 was introduced in 2018, it doesn’t make sense enforcement has chosen discretion to apply retroactively.

Google overview:

I knew nothing about Reese’s Law until I ran across this yesterday.

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So might still be a witch hunt against a firearm manufacturer unless the recall only applies to the sights made after March 2024?

If our State and Federal governments are going to pass thousands of new laws every year they need to do a much better job of informing businesses and the public every time they turn previously legal behavior into a criminal or civil offense.

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Hey, anybody know if a Romeo 5 is carcinogenic in any state besides California ?

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EVERYTHING causes cancer in California. Even BREATHING.

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Except hair gel. :grinning:

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You might be right, but I’ve been studying videos and pictures of Mr Newscum. There’s a lot of material to work with since he can’t seem to pass a camera or shiny surface without stopping to admire himself. I would venture that his “Hair Gel” consists of 95% Elmer’s Glue-All (for "holding Power) and 5% Hellmann’s
REAL Mayonnaise (made with 100% cage free eggs) for Sheen.

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