Glock wins temporary block on Connecticut’s ‘convertible pistol’ ban

A federal judge blocked Connecticut's ban on cruciform-trigger handguns just hours before it was set to take effect Thursday, ruling the law likely violates the Second Amendment. U.S. District Judge Kari Dooley sided with Glock and several gun-rights groups, finding the state failed to prove the pistols are dangerous in their unconverted, as-sold form, even though they can be modified with illegal 'switches' to fire automatically.

The law, signed by Democratic Governor Ned Lamont on June 5 and backed by Everytown for Gun Safety, would have made it a felony to sell or own the handguns. Glock argued the design is popular precisely because it is safer than comparable weapons, noting hundreds of thousands are produced annually and used by Connecticut state troopers themselves.

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said the state disagrees with the ruling and will keep defending the law. Similar bans have been enacted in New York, Maryland and California over the past year, and the gun industry's trade group warned the reasoning behind Connecticut's ban could, by the same logic, be used to ban nearly any semiautomatic weapon.

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