Connecticut HB 5043 Passed: What the Glock Ban Means for Owners & FFLs
Connecticut HB 5043 Passed: What the Glock Ban Means for Owners & FFLs. Connecticut's HB 5043 officially passed, banning the sale of pistols with cruciform trigger bars. Here's what gun owners, FFLs, and the secondhand market need { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization", "name": "Greyhive", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://greyhive.com/static/uploads/images/ae198483-01c9-44b4-a16a-03f516ceaf66.svg", "width": 512, "height": 512 }, "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/greyhive", "https://www.instagram.com/greyhive/", "https://www.youtube.com/@Greyhive", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/greyhive/" ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "name": "Greyhive", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/c/gun_guru#person", "name": "Gun Guru", "url": "https://greyhive.com/c/gun_guru", "description": "Gun Guru is a Greyhive creator producing original 2A, firearms, hunting, and outdoor content.", "image": "https://greyhive.com/lazy-static/avatars/d89c0392-fdea-40f3-8282-2ad18d743e5b.jpg" }, { "@type": "Article", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/connecticut-hb5043-glock-ban-explained#article", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website" }, "mainEntityOfPage": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/connecticut-hb5043-glock-ban-explained" }, "url": "https://greyhive.com/blog/connecticut-hb5043-glock-ban-explained", "headline": "Connecticut HB 5043 Passed: What the Glock Ban Means for Owners & FFLs", "name": "Connecticut HB 5043 Passed: What the Glock Ban Means for Owners & FFLs", "description": "Connecticut's HB 5043 officially passed, banning the sale of pistols with cruciform trigger bars. Here's what gun owners, FFLs, and the secondhand market need to know.", "articleSection": "Culture & News", "articleBody": "Connecticut HB 5043 passed the House and Senate in the early hours of the session's final day, banning the future sale, advertising, and importation of pistols with cruciform trigger bars — a category that captures most Glock models along with Ruger RXMs, Auto Ordnance EBBs, and certain other striker-fired designs. The bill targets so-called \"Glock switch\" conversions but reaches far beyond Glock-branded firearms, and its language leaves FFLs, secondhand sellers, and even law enforcement agencies scrambling for clarity. In the latest 2A Round Table on Greyhive, host Josh from Lock and Load Firearms sat down with Connecticut FFLs Derek of Connecticut Gun Bench, Todd of Gun Guru, and Michelle of Patriot Wear Firearms (joining remotely from Arizona) to break down what the bill actually says — and what it means for owners, dealers, and the secondhand market starting October 1. \"This was never a Glock bill,\" Todd explained. \"But because Glock falls under the cruciform trigger bar, it got tagged as the Glock bill. And so the idiots who don't read what it really is just assume — oh, this is good. They have no real knowledge.\" Key Takeaways HB 5043 passed at roughly 7:22 AM on the session's final day and bans the sale, advertising, and importation of cruciform-trigger-bar pistols manufactured on or after October 1, 2025. The ban covers Glocks (Gen 3, 4, 5),…