NRA sues California over ban on Glock-style firearms: 'Violates the Second Amendment'

The National Rifle Association and other gun groups are suing California over the state's ban on Glock-style guns with features known as switches that allow them to be converted to fully automatic weapons The NRA was joined by the Firearms Program Coalition Second Amendment Foundation Poway Weapons Gear and two NRA members in challenging the state's ban The lawsuit argues that California s ban on Glock-style handguns violates the Second Amendment and defies U S Supreme Court precedent A law that bans the sale of and correspondingly prevents citizens from acquiring a weapon in common use violates the Second Amendment the lawsuit reads FEDERAL APPEALS COURT RULES CALIFORNIA AMMUNITION BACKGROUND CHECKS UNCONSTITUTIONAL Semiautomatic handguns with cruciform trigger bars are not different from any other type of semiautomatic handgun in a constitutionally relevant way it continues California Gov Gavin Newsom a Democrat signed Assembly Bill last week prohibiting the sale or transfer of Glock and Glock-style handguns Under the law licensed firearms dealers shall not sell offer for sale exchange give transfer or deliver any semiautomatic machinegun-convertible pistol which is defined as any semiautomatic pistol with a cruciform trigger bar that can be readily converted by hand or with common household tools into a machinegun by the installation or attachment of a pistol converter as a replacement for the slide s backplate without any additional engineering machining or modification of the pistol s trigger mechanism The law excludes hammer-fired semiautomatic pistols and striker-fired semiautomatic pistols without a cruciform trigger bar The law also does not apply to law enforcement officers The law is set to take effect on July The Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives published a increase in converted devices collected by law enforcement agencies between and according to The Associated Press SUPREME COURT TAKES SECOND AMENDMENT SITUATION CHALLENGING HAWAII GUN LAW You can make a switch with a D printer you going to outlaw those too a gun owner explained Fox arguing that the ban is just another step in attempting to eventually outlaw all weapons