The maker of a popular handgun that was banned by the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training is suing the agency and seeking for DPSST's decision to be overturned.

DPSST Director Phil Castle wrote in a June 13 letter to Oregon police chiefs, sheriffs and agency executives that after reviewing a report from the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission, he decided to bar the Sig Sauer P320 and all of its variants from training courses and campus.

Sig Sauer filed a petition for judicial review in Marion County Circuit Court on Aug. 12, asking a judge to reverse the decision and award the company any economic damages determined at trial.

The company alleged the decision was "improper, arbitrary and capricious," and based on "unverified, vague, hearsay alleg

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