On Wednesday, Democrats in Connecticut’s Judiciary Committee passed Glock ban legislation similar to that which was passed and signed into law in California in 2025.
The Connecticut legislation is HB 5043, and like California’s Assembly Bill 1127, it bans Glocks and Glock-style clones over claims that the guns can too easily be converted to full auto via a switch attached to the rear of the pistol’s slide.
The text of HB 5043 describes Glock and Glock-style clone pistols as “convertible” pistols “with a cruciform trigger bar that can be readily converted by hand or with a common household tool into a machine gun solely by the installation or attachment of a pistol converter.”
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When California did this, Breitbart News noted that the ban was Democrat-sponsored legislation, fashioned as a response to the use of “Glock Switches,” which are already illegal. “Glock switches” are federally prohibited plastic pieces that can be affixed to the
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