Federal Judge Halts Connecticut's Ban on Glock Handguns

On September 29, 2026, Judge Kari A. Dooley of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut issued a preliminary injunction that blocks enforcement of the state's ban on Glock pistols and similar models. The judge ruled the statute does not meet the two-pronged Bruen test and is presumptively unconstitutional because the state failed to show historical support for such regulation. The legislation, signed by Governor Ned Lamont, aimed at handguns featuring a cruciform trigger bar and described them as convertible or machine-gun-convertible pistols.

Glock and the National Shooting Sports Foundation had filed lawsuits challenging the ban as a violation of Second Amendment rights. Dooley emphasized that unmodified handguns with this trigger design are safe, widely used for self-defense, and protected by the Constitution.