The National Rifle Association, Second Amendment Foundation, Firearms Policy Coalition, the Firing Pin, LLC, and NRA members Lucas Nelson and Daniel Geary filed a lawsuit today challenging New York’s ban on Glock and “Glock-style” handguns.
On May 27, 2026, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law Chapter 55 of the Laws of 2026, Part C, Subpart A, which bans licensed firearms dealers and gunsmiths from selling, transferring, disposing of, transporting, or shipping as merchandise semiautomatic handguns with a cruciform trigger bar that New York deems “convertible pistol[s]”—a category that includes nearly every Glock and “Glock-style” pistol on the market.
Our lawsuit argues that New York’s Glock ban violates the Second Amendment. In District of Columbia v. Heller, the U.S. Supreme Court held that “common” firearms cannot be banned and specifically struck down a handgun ban as unconstitutional. New York’s prohibition on many of the most popular handguns in America blatantly defies that precedent.
Our case, Firing Pin, LLC v. James, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. It builds on similar lawsuits the NRA has filed challenging bans on Glock and Glock-style handguns in California and Maryland.
Please stay tuned to www.nraila.org for future updates on NRA-ILA’s ongoing efforts to defend your constitutional rights, and please visit www.nraila.org/litigation to keep up to date on NRA-ILA’s ongoing litigation efforts.
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