Stay Safe Archy , good info !
I don't know about *owning* it, though as with another Tennessee-based small arms manufactory, they may have infused a substantial financial influx, offering good will and influence if not outright control. But having a U.S. civilian version of the Tavor reach acceptance with American shooters would likely not hurt international sales of their military offering a bit- or vice-versa.
The *civilian Tavor* bullpup prototype appears quite different from the military versions, though, and the betting is that internally, it's more akin to the BATF-kosher Galil semiauto or the Israeli *Magal* police carbine than the Tavor.
