Newsom Signs Law Banning Sale of Most Glocks in California
October 14th, 2025Via: USA Carry:
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping firearm control bill into law Friday that effectively bans the sale of most Glock pistols in the state starting July 1, 2026. The legislation, AB 1127, prohibits licensed dealers from selling any semiautomatic pistol that uses a cruciform trigger bar and is deemed “readily convertible” into a machine gun using a device such as a Glock switch.
The bill’s language is highly specific — and clearly aimed at one of the most popular handgun platforms in America. Glocks, known for their striker-fired simplicity and reliability, use a cruciform sear mechanism that meets the exact technical definition outlined in the bill. With the added stipulation that the pistol must be “readily convertible,” lawmakers are essentially banning the sale of Glock models like the G19, G17, and others that have been repeatedly associated — legally or not — with illegal full-auto conversion devices.
Supporters of the bill say it’s a necessary step to prevent the illegal use of Glock switches, which convert standard handguns into fully automatic weapons. These switches are already banned under federal and California law, but AB 1127 goes further — cutting off sales of entire handgun models based solely on the potential that they could be modified.
