Seinfeld star Larry Thomas has hit out at the owners of a gun company for using his image on a T-shirt and Facebook.com campaign against New York's gun laws without his permission.

The actor, whose Seinfeld character The Soup Nazi coined the catchphrase 'No Soup For You', was shocked to see his photo, alongside a tag line 'No Serbu For You', on promotional products for Serbu Firearms' campaign.

The company, famous for producing semi-automatic weapons, is petitioning against the 2013 NY Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act (NY SAFE Act) which bans the sale of assault rifles in ...