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‘SACRED RIGHT’: DOJ Sues Gavin Newsom’s California Over Glock Ban

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01.07.2026

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‘SACRED RIGHT’: DOJ Sues Gavin Newsom’s California Over Glock Ban

DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit Wednesday taking aim at California’s ban on Glock pistols the day it was slated to take effect.

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB1127 into law in October 2025, making California the first state to ban the popular pistol. The lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, targets both AB1127 and California’s “Unsafe Handgun Law,” and comes one day after Democratic California Attorney General Rob Bonta rejected a proposal to avoid litigation in a two-page letter to Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon.

“The Second Amendment is a sacred right belonging to all Americans, even those in California. California cannot ban the most popular type of handgun in America,” acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a Wednesday release announcing the........

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