Glock Sues Connecticut Over HB 5043 Convertible Pistol
Glock Sues Connecticut Over HB 5043 Convertible Pistol. Glock files federal lawsuit challenging Connecticut's October 1 ban on convertible pistols, citing vague law and Second Amendment violations. Here's what the { "@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/glock-lawsuit-connecticut-hb5043-convertible-ban#article", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website" }, "mainEntityOfPage": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/glock-lawsuit-connecticut-hb5043-convertible-ban" }, "url": "https://greyhive.com/blog/glock-lawsuit-connecticut-hb5043-convertible-ban", "headline": "Glock Sues Connecticut Over HB 5043 Convertible Pistol", "name": "Glock Sues Connecticut Over HB 5043 Convertible Pistol", "description": "Glock files federal lawsuit challenging Connecticut's October 1 ban on convertible pistols, citing vague law and Second Amendment violations. Here's what the", "articleSection": "Culture & News", "articleBody": "Glock has sued Connecticut over HB 5043, the state's \"convertible pistol\" ban that takes effect October 1, 2026. The case, Glock Inc. v. Griffin , was filed September 21, 2026 in federal court and asks a judge to block enforcement of the statute — now Public Act 26-14 — on vagueness, Second Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, and First Amendment grounds. The core problem: the law reaches any pistol built around a cruciform trigger bar, which is every Glock ever made. Breaking down the filing page by page is Gun Guru, a Connecticut firearms instructor who has been tracking HB 5043 since it moved through the General Assembly. In his Greyhive walkthrough of the complaint, recorded September 23 — two days after the suit hit the docket and roughly a week before the ban went live — he makes the point most of the community missed: Glock wasn't silent for months. Glock was in meetings, sending letters, and getting nothing back. \"So we have Glock entering the fray, and they are fighting on our behalf,\" he says near the end of the video. What follows is the anatomy of a lawsuit that was filed because a state refused, repeatedly and in writing, to tell a manufacturer whether its products would be legal in nine days. Key Takeaways Glock Inc. v. Griffin was filed September 21, 2026, naming Patrick Griffin in his official capacity, every state's attorney in Connecticut, and DESPP…