A federal judge has blocked Connecticut from enforcing its ban on Glock and Glock-clone handguns, handing gun owners and manufacturers a win just months after the law took effect.
Judge Kari A. Dooley of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut issued the preliminary injunction on September 29, 2026, ruling that the state failed to meet its burden under the Supreme Court’s 2022 Bruen decision, which requires gun restrictions to be consistent with the nation’s historical tradition of firearms regulation.
Gov. Ned Lamont (D-CT) signed the ban into law in May, targeting handguns with a “cruciform trigger bar” and describing them with terms like “convertible pistols” and “machinegun-convertible pistols.”
Glock and the National Shooting Sports Foundation sued the state over the ban, with the lawsuits confirmed in reporting on September 22, 2026.
“The statute is presumptively unconstitutional, and Defendants have not met their burden of demonstrating that the statute is consistent with our nation’s history of firearms regulation,” Dooley wrote.
Dooley also addressed the underlying handguns directly, writing that there was no dispute they are safe and widely used.
“There is no dispute that handguns with a cruciform trigger bar (in an unconverted state) are not only safe, but extremely popular for purposes of self-defense, and their possession and carry rights are protected by the Second Amendment,” she wrote.
The injunction halts enforcement of the ban while the litigation proceeds.
