California Democrats Push Bill That Could Ban Glock Handguns

Breitbart ^ | 05/12/2025 | AWR Hawkins

[ChicagoConservative27]

California Democrats are currently pushing a bill that could ban law-abiding citizens from buying Glock handguns in an attempt to stop criminals from using “Glock switches.”

“Glock switches” are federally prohibited plastic pieces that can be affixed to the rear of a Glock slide to make the pistol shoot full auto.

It has become in vogue for leftists to target Glock over the illegal use of the switches. For example, on March 19, 2024, Breitbart News noted that Chicago filed a lawsuit against Glock over the switches, although many of the switches in the U.S. originated in China.

On February 26, 2024, Breitbart News reported Peter Schweizer, in Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans, revealed that Chinese companies, which are heavily regulated by the Chinese government, are flooding the United States with auto sear switches, small metal devices also known as “Glock switches,” that can convert handguns into machine guns. They are illegal for most gun owners in the United States, but are being shipped in boxes by the “thousands” from China.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: ban; banglist; bill; california; democrats; glock; handguns; push

[ChicagoConservative27]

Glock switches?? Are they scary or something? (S)

[posterchild]

Does Kamala have one?

[FlingWingFlyer]

You can’t ban a firearm because of its brand name. If they want to ban the “switches”, ban them. Not the firearm. Damn Nazi gun thieves.

[Red Badger]

[alternatives?]

Couldn’t such a “switch” be developed for any semi-auto pistol?

Given the inability to control such a modified pistol and the price of ammo, what is the point?

[struggle]

As if the switches make Glocks more deadly. They don’t.

[Jonny7797]

unconstitutional but the communist in CA know that already. Never stops them from pushing the agenda forward.

[BBQToadRibs2]

You know how accurate you are when you blow off an entire magazine in less than 2 seconds? You probably wasted 13 of your 15 rounds. Or your 30 round mag just shooting at the sky.

[Lockbox]

California bans cars to prevent car theft, California bans homes to prevent wild fires….. you get the point, it the items’ fault!

[rktman]

Huh? I thought Glocks were undetectable. 🤔/s

[FatherofFive]

You know how accurate you are when you blow off an entire magazine in less than 2 seconds? You probably wasted 13 of your 15 rounds. Or your 30 round mag just shooting at the sky.

Yeah, makes for good movie action scenes. But the military limits their "assault rifles" to a 3 round burst.

[Clutch Martin]

I recall a drop in sear for the AR-15 making it auto. It was banned in the late 70’s. The shooting times carried adds for them. They worked great! I never had the fifteen, but a few did at the range. The sound of full auto always drew a crowd.

[vikingd00d]

>>You know how accurate you are when you blow off an entire magazine in less than 2 seconds? You probably wasted 13 of your 15 rounds. Or your 30 round mag just shooting at the sky.

Easy fix.. belt-fed handgun. That will give you time to try to walk the rounds back on target. :)

[circlecity]

“ Couldn’t such a “switch” be developed for any semi-auto pistol?”

Any striker fire semi.

[rickomatic]

If they know that they are coming in from China in boxes by the thousands, then they must know who is receiving them. What are they doing about it?

[BipolarBob]

I haven't been able to find one. I really really want to help the government to track them rascals down.

/satire

[Bonemaker]

I saw a belt fed AR at an Arizona range! Sort of like this.

[Quickgun]

You can use a paper clip or a piece or wire to make a FN-FAL full auto. So they need to get rid of paper clips and wire...And yes, i remember those sears. They were legal to purchase at the time, but if you actually installed one, you created a class III firearm. And prior to that, it was M2 kits for M1 carbines...I’m giving away my age, now....

[vetvetdoug]

Those of us that prefer a US made M1911 won’t be affected. I still prefer the Para Ordnance made that I bought 20 years ago.

[Quickgun]

A friend used to have a .50 Browning machine gun that had been converted to semi auto to be legal. It retained the original butterfly triggers, and was belt fed. He brought to my shooting range a few times. It could be fired semi auto almost as fast it fired full auto originally. And could go through $$$ in ammo pretty quickly.