The Department of Justice is warning California that its new “Glock ban” violates the Second Amendment — and a federal lawsuit may be coming next.
According to The Hill, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon sent a letter to California Gov. Gavin Newsom warning that California’s Assembly Bill 1127 tramples the constitutional rights of Californians by blocking them from acquiring modern handguns for self-defense.
The law, set to take effect July 1, prohibits licensed firearm dealers from selling or transferring what California calls “machinegun-convertible pistols.”
In reality, California is targeting Glock and Glock-style semi-automatic pistols because criminals can illegally modify them with aftermarket conversion devices.
Current owners would be allowed to keep their firearms, while law enforcement and military sales are exempt.
So once again, anti-gun politicians are telling ordinary citizens they cannot be trusted with the same arms the government reserves for itself.
DOJ PUTS CALIFORNIA ON NOTICE
Dhillon’s letter makes clear DOJ has authorized the filing of a federal complaint unless California agrees to back down.
According to The Hill, DOJ is demanding that California immediately stop enforcement, acknowledge the law is unconstitutional, and enter a court-enforceable consent decree permanently blocking the state from enforcing this law or similar restrictions.
That is an aggressive demand.
And it should be.
California is not regulating some obscure product. It is targeting some of the most common handguns in America by pretending criminal misuse turns ordinary semi-automatic pistols into contraband.
Glock switches are already illegal.
Machine guns are already heavily regulated under federal law.
But the gun confiscation lobby wants to go further.
Instead of prosecuting criminals who illegally possess or use conversion devices, California wants to punish peaceable citizens who want to buy common, modern handguns for lawful purposes like self-defense, home protection, training, and concealed carry.
That is the same tired gun control formula:
Blame the gun.
Punish the law-abiding.
Exempt the government.
Call it “public safety.”
THE BACKDOOR BAN STRATEGY
The Glock ban is bigger than Glock.
If anti-gun politicians can ban Glock-style pistols because a criminal can illegally modify one, they can use the same theory against almost anything.
Semi-automatic rifles. Standard-capacity magazines. Triggers. Parts. Accessories. Common handguns.
The gun confiscation lobby is always searching for the next label, loophole, or scare campaign to turn ordinary firearms into contraband.
They tried it with forced reset triggers, pistol braces, bump stocks, and so-called “assault weapons.”
Now California is trying it with Glock-style handguns.
The goal is not safety.
The goal is to shrink the Second Amendment one category at a time until peaceable citizens are left with whatever outdated, overregulated, government-approved options anti-gun politicians are willing to tolerate.
A CALIFORNIA FIGHT WITH TEXAS TIES
At first glance, this may look like a California issue.
But this fight has direct ties to Texas Gun Rights.
Harmeet Dhillon is no stranger to the fight TXGR helped wage against federal gun control. Her firm, Dhillon Law Group, spearheaded the forced reset trigger lawsuit where Texas Gun Rights joined the National Association for Gun Rights and Rare Breed Triggers in taking on the DOJ and ATF over their unlawful attempt to classify forced reset triggers as machine guns.
That fight ended in a major victory for gun owners.
Now, Dhillon is leading the DOJ Civil Rights Division as it threatens California over another “machinegun” scare campaign aimed at restricting common firearms.
And she is not the only Texas connection.
Barry Arrington, former Chairman of the Board of Texas Gun Rights, now serves as head of the DOJ’s Second Amendment Section, a new civil rights unit created to defend the right to keep and bear arms.
That should send a clear message to every TXGR member and supporter: the fights Texas Gun Rights takes on do not always stop at the Texas border.
TXGR’s work in Texas can help shape national legal strategy, influence federal action, and build the political and legal infrastructure needed to fight back against gun control across the country.
“California’s Glock ban is not an isolated stunt. It is the next phase of a national strategy to turn common firearms into contraband with scary labels and bureaucratic word games,” said Texas Gun Rights President Chris McNutt.
“The fact that leaders with direct ties to fights TXGR has waged are now pushing back at the national level proves why this work matters. When Texas Gun Rights fights, the impact can reach far beyond Texas.”
TEXAS MUST KEEP FIGHTING
California is the warning.
Texas is the target.
The same gun-ban radicals trying to ban Glock-style handguns in California want to bring that agenda everywhere.
They want to ban semi-automatic firearms, outlaw standard-capacity magazines, tax guns and ammunition, sue manufacturers and dealers out of existence, and turn technical classifications into backdoor gun bans.
That is why Texas Gun Rights must keep fighting in the Texas Legislature, in Washington, during elections, in the courts, and in the court of public opinion.
TXGR is fighting to pass Kyle’s Law, advance the Second Amendment Preservation Act, abolish taxes on guns, ammunition, and accessories, and end “gun-free” sitting duck zones.
The gun confiscation lobby is not slowing down.
Neither can Texas gun owners.
Chip in today to help Texas Gun Rights keep fighting to defend and restore the Second Amendment — without compromise.
