BELLEVUE, Wash. — Could 26, 2026 — The Second Modification Basis (SAF) and its companions have filed a lawsuit difficult Maryland’s newly signed Glock ban. The submitting is available in speedy response to Gov. Wes Moore signing the invoice into regulation immediately.
Gov. Moore signed into regulation Senate Invoice 334, which states an individual “…might not manufacture, promote, supply on the market, buy, obtain, or switch a machine gun convertible pistol.” It additional defines a “machine gun convertible pistol” as a firearm that incorporates a cruciform set off bar. The ban goes into impact on Jan. 1, 2027.
“This Maryland regulation bans almost each Glock and Glock-style handgun in the marketplace immediately,” stated SAF Govt Adam Kraut. “These pistols are among the many hottest in the marketplace, chosen in overwhelming numbers by peaceful residents for lawful functions like self-defense. Maryland has now tried to ban these firearms as a result of a subset of criminals illegally modifies them, utilizing conversion elements which are themselves unlawful to own, after which commit crimes with the modified handguns. Not solely is that this regulation as silly as banning hops and barley to stop drunk driving, however these generally owned arms are clearly protected by the Second Modification, the ratification of which takes sure coverage selections – together with this one – off the desk.”
SAF is joined in Nationwide Rifle Affiliation v. Moore by the NRA and Firearms Coverage Coalition.
“Bans just like the one simply signed in Maryland are the antithesis of excellent coverage,” stated SAF founder and Govt Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. “This unconstitutional regulation does nothing greater than punish peaceful gun house owners within the state, and it can’t be allowed to face. You’ll be able to’t cease prison violence by broadening the regulation simply to make everybody a prison. That technique by no means works.”
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The Second Modification Basis (saf.org) is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt schooling, analysis, publishing and authorized motion group devoted to safeguarding and selling the elemental rights of people enshrined within the Second Modification of the USA Structure. SAF engages in aggressive authorized motion to make sure the ideas of armed self-defense, private liberty, and the possession of arms are defended, secured, and restored. By public schooling initiatives, SAF teaches the significance of the Second Modification to advertise a society that values and workout routines the appropriate to maintain and bear arms.
