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Within hours of Maryland Governor Wes Moore signing Senate Bill 334 into law, a coalition of gun rights groups launched a major federal lawsuit to strike it down. The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), alongside the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the Firearms Policy Coalition, filed the legal challenge on May 26, 2026, targeting a new measure that halts the sale and manufacture of firearms classified under the legislation as “machine gun convertible pistols.”
The newly enacted law explicitly defines a “machine gun convertible pistol” as any handgun featuring a cruciform trigger bar—a standard mechanical component found inside standard Glock pistols and various similar models.
Under the text of Senate Bill 334, individuals in Maryland will be prohibited from manufacturing, selling, offering for sale, purchasing, receiving, or transferring these firearms starting January 1, 2027.
Opponents of the measure argue the state is overreaching by targeting standard consumer firearms rather than focusing strictly on illegal modifications.
“This Maryland law bans nearly every Glock and Glock-style handgun on the market today,” said SAF Executive Adam Kraut. “These pistols are among the most popular on the market, chosen in overwhelming numbers by peaceable citizens for lawful purposes like self-defense. Maryland has now attempted to ban these firearms because a subset of criminals illegally modifies them, using conversion parts that are themselves illegal to possess, and then commit crimes with the modified handguns. Not only is this law as foolish as banning hops and barley to prevent drunk driving, but these commonly owned arms are clearly protected by the Second Amendment, the ratification of which takes certain policy choices – including this one – off the table.”
Good, I'm glad to see the SAF is gonna put in the work there.....They are dogged and relentless.
