SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 2 (Our California Times) — A California law that bars licensed firearms dealers from selling certain semiautomatic pistols that can be readily converted into machine guns took effect July 1, and the Justice Department filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block it, according to the complaint described in court reporting.
AB 1127 was signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in October and was authored by Assemblymembers Jesse Gabriel of Encino and Catherine Stefani of San Francisco. State legislative records say the measure expands California’s definition of a machine gun to include a machinegun-convertible pistol equipped with a pistol converter, a device often described as a Glock switch.
The law prohibits dealers from selling, offering for sale, exchanging, giving, transferring or delivering the covered pistols. Legislative records say it also bars the manufacture, sale, possession or transportation of a pistol fitted with a converter.
Supporters said the measure does not affect current owners and includes exemptions for gun dealers, law enforcement and military agencies in future sales.
