Gun Manufacturer Slaps Connecticut With Suit Over Gun Ban

Glock and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) sued to block Connecticut’s ban on the manufacturer’s popular pistols Monday.

Democratic Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed the legislation into law in May, according to the Connecticut General Assembly’s website, with both the NSSF and gun-rights groups vowing to challenge the ban. Glock and NSSF filed separate suits Monday, both in federal court.

“This law, and similar laws passed in other states, punishes law-abiding citizens by infringing on their Second Amendment rights to legally obtain the firearms they choose to protect themselves and their families against criminals who, by definition, have no respect for life or law,” NSSF Senior Vice President Lawrence Keane said in a statement the firearms trade industry group referred the Daily Caller News Foundation to.

“Instead of enforcing the law and holding these criminals accountable, Connecticut’s elected officials pander to gun control donors and antigun special interests to scapegoat the industry and ban an entire class of ordinary firearms, which the U.S. Supreme Court’s Heller decision clearly holds violates the U.S. Constitution. Governor Lamont knew this yet didn’t hesitate to trample on the Second Amendment.”

An attorney representing Glock did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the DCNF.