On Oct. 10, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed 40 new pieces of legislation. Among these was Assembly Bill 1127.
Originally proposed on Feb. 20, the bill aims at the sale of firearms that can easily be converted into automatic firearms.
The law aims to convince firearms manufacturers to stop production of firearms that can be easily modified with a “Glock sear.”
“The Smoking Gun,” an advocacy group whose goal is to expose American gun violence and its causes, defines a Glock sear, as “devices that convert semi-automatic firearms, which are designed to fire one shot per trigger pull, into fully automatic machine guns.”
As defined by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), a machine gun is “Any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.”
The National Rifle Association Institute for Legal Action(NRA-ILA) plans to pursue legal action against Newsom, claiming that banning the sale of any gun goes against the Second Amendment.
“Our message to Governor Newsom is simple: we will see you in court,” said John Commerford, NRA-ILA Executive Director.
According to a press release from the office of District 46 Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, district 46 covers Anaheim and Santa Ana, a large reason for the introduction of this bill is to help reduce school shootings by making guns commonly used in school shootings illegal.
“As parents and lawmakers, we refuse to stand idly by while our schools and communities are being threatened by illegal machine guns,” said Gabriel.
Guns classified as semiautomatic machinegun-convertible pistols will be affected by AB 1127 and will not be able to be sold after July 1, 2026. Any properly registered firearm that is also deemed safe by the California Penal Code will not be revoked.
