Trump administration sues California over 'Glock ban' law

Key Points:

• The Trump administration filed a federal lawsuit against California's new law restricting sales of handguns convertible into fully-automatic weapons, seeking to block the law and invalidate parts of the state's handgun roster.
• California's Assembly Bill 1127 targets pistols with mechanisms easily converted by "Glock switches," which enable rapid automatic fire and have been linked to several mass shootings; however, the law does not ban possession of existing firearms or sales to law enforcement and dealers.
• The federal government argues that banning legal semiautomatic handguns due to potential illegal modifications is unconstitutional and compares the law to banning shotguns because they can be illegally altered.
• The lawsuit also challenges California's handgun roster safety requirements, citing a 2022 Supreme Court ruling that tightened standards for firearm restrictions, and seeks to prevent enforcement of these regulations under the Second Amendment.
• California officials defend the laws as effective gun safety measures that have contributed to declining gun deaths, with Attorney General Rob Bonta pledging to contest the lawsuit and noting his strong prior court record against similar federal challenges.