Gov. Gavin Newsom was just given his first handgun. A pending California bill would ban selling new Glocks like the ones Kamala Harris owns. Will he sign it?

  • Carmakazi@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    The justification for banning Glocks under this bill is that they readily accept switches. Which is dumb, of course.

    Several states broadly ban the sale/possession of “fire rate accelerating devices”…the usual suspects, CA, NY, NJ, MA…it’s broad and vague, but it’s enough that retailers of these items won’t sell to people in those states.

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      2 days ago

      banning Glock

      To be clear:

      1. Only gen 3 is legal in Cali

      2. This would take Gen 3 off the list, but Glock is already making a new one (gen 6?) that is incompitable with switches and Cali compliant.

      3. Used sales of Gen 3s will still be legal.

      As far as I’m aware, literally the only reason new Gen 3s are made is Cali’s list.

      And all the Gen 3 clones… I’d be surprised if any made it onto Cali’s list, so nothing is changing there.

      Like, this just isn’t a very big deal…