California Gov Gavin Newsom’s ban on Glock-style firearms is being challenged as unconstitutional in a lawsuit by gun groups, including the National Rifle Association.
Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1127 into law last week, directing that licensed firearms dealers “shall not sell, offer for sale, exchange, give, transfer, or deliver any semiautomatic machinegun-convertible pistol.”
The firearms are defined in the law 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.”
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But two NRA members, along with the organization and others, such as the Firearms Policy Coalition, Second Amendment Foundation, Poway Weapons & Gear, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, arguing the ban, which takes effect on January 1, violates the Second Amendment.
“A law that bans the sale of — and correspondingly prevents citizens from acquiring — a weapon in common use violates the Second Amendment,” the lawsuit states, according to the Los Angeles Times. “Semiautomatic handguns with cruciform trigger bars are not different from any other type of semiautomatic handgun in a constitutionally relevant way. The Supreme Court has already held that handguns are in common use and cannot be banned.”
“Our message to Newsom is simple: we will see you in court,” the NRA stated in a social media post announcing the lawsuit.
The case is named Jaymes v. Bonta and was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.
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“Newsom and his gang of progressive politicians in California are continuing their crusade against constitutional rights,” John Commerford, executive director of the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action, said in a statement. “They are attempting to violate landmark Supreme Court decisions and disarm law-abiding citizens by banning some of the most commonly owned handguns in America.”
California gun store, Red Rifle LTD, has seen a marked increase in sales of the popular firearm, with owner Jack Brandhorst telling Fox 11, “We sold out.”
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“You can make a switch with a 3D printer, you going to outlaw those too?” a gun owner told Fox 11.
The ban does not apply to members of law enforcement. Those who already own a Glock are allowed to keep the weapon but are banned from selling or transferring it within the state of California.
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