Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested more illegal alien criminals on Thursday as the Democrat-led shutdown continued into its fourth week. 
In a “worst-of-the-worst” update provided to The Daily Wire, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) highlighted five illegals convicted of crimes ranging from sexual assault to robbery picked up by ICE. 
“Every day, and despite the Democrats’ government shutdown, our ICE officers are arresting pedophiles, sexual assailants, murderers and violent criminals,” said DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “It is unimaginable to think sanctuary politicians put these monsters and sickos over their own constituents.”
According to DHS, the arrests included: 
<ul>
<li>Froilan Mejia-Olvera, an illegal alien from Mexico, convicted of sexual assault in Collin County, Texas</li>
<li>Juan Enamorado-Leiva, an illegal alien from Honduras convicted of second-degree murder in Durham County, North Carolina</li>
<li>Jose Alfredo Gomez-Vallecios, an  illegal alien from El Salvador, convicted of robbery in Los Angeles County, California</li>
<li>Alejandro Gonzalez-Ortiz, an illegal alien from Mexico, convicted of lewd or lascivious act with a child under 14 in Santa Ana, California</li>
<li>Quoc Ky Luong, a criminal illegal alien from Vietnam, convicted of robbery in Pasadena, California</li>
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“American citizens deserve better. Under President Trump and Secretary Noem, we are making America safe again one depraved criminal illegal alien removal at a time,” McLaughlin said. 
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The California arrests come as state Democrats have resisted the Trump administration&#8217;s efforts to crack down on illegal immigration in the Golden State. 
While California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that bans ICE agents from wearing masks during arrests, Reps. Nancy Pelosi and Kevin Mullin have <a href="https://pelosi.house.gov/news/press-releases/pelosi-mullin-statement-reports-planned-federal-immigration-operation-bay-area">threatened</a> that ICE agents could be detained as President Donald Trump considered a major immigration operation in San Francisco. 
In a letter to California officials, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told them to “abandon this apparent criminal conspiracy.”
“The Department of Justice views any arrests of federal agents and officers in the performance of their official duties as both illegal and futile,” Blanche wrote.

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ICE Continues To Round Up ‘Depraved’ Illegals In California Despite Dem Shutdown

ICE Continues To Pick Up 'Depraved' Illegals In California Despite Dem Resistance

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Gavin Newsom

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Coast Guard security personnel fired at a U-Haul truck that ignored &#8220;multiple verbal commands&#8221; and approached the entrance to Coast Guard Island Alameda in California late Thursday night.
Video of the incident posted by CBS News Bay Area shows the U-Haul backing up toward Coast Guard security personnel who had formed a line on a road that leads to the entrance to the base. As the truck approaches the security team, numerous shots are fired, and the driver stops before speeding away.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: Video from KPIX photojournalist Rick Villaroman shows a U-Haul driver backing up toward a line of officers outside US Coast Guard base Alameda before officers opened fire. This was hours after almost all protesters dispersed. Awaiting an update from police <a href="https://twitter.com/KPIXtv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KPIXtv</a> <a href="https://t.co/UPrc3CDT3l">pic.twitter.com/UPrc3CDT3l</a>
— Sara Donchey (@SaraDonchey) <a href="https://twitter.com/SaraDonchey/status/1981607870325014602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The shooting happened as anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters gathered near the entrance of the military installation. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents recently <a href="https://apnews.com/article/federal-immigration-enforcement-coast-guard-island-05d4c04c4936e85205e4c2320a5be945">arrived</a> at the Coast Guard base as part of the federal government&#8217;s illegal immigration crackdown.
Earlier on Thursday, federal agents and California Highway Patrol officers clashed with protesters outside of the Coast Guard base, as civilian employees left the base located on a small island on San Francisco Bay. The base has only one entrance, reached by a bridge. The Coast Guard security personnel were positioned on the bridge as the protests continued late into the night.
The Coast Guard said in a <a href="https://x.com/USCG/status/1981669551264715196">statement</a> on Friday morning, &#8220;When the vehicle’s actions posed a direct threat to the safety of Coast Guard and security personnel, law enforcement officers discharged several rounds of live fire.&#8221;
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Two men arrived at the hospital with gunshot wounds after the shooting, Mercury News <a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/10/24/coast-guard-shooting-oakland-immigration-protest/">reported</a>. One of the men is believed to be the driver of the U-Haul, while the second man&#8217;s identity was unclear. The rental truck was later found by law enforcement.
The Trump administration said earlier this week that it planned on surging federal law enforcement officers to San Francisco as the president cracks down on illegal immigration and violent crime in American cities. President Donald Trump, however, said on Thursday that he was backing off those plans after some of his friends in San Francisco urged him to give Democratic San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie more of a chance to clean up crime in the city.
“I spoke to Mayor Lurie last night and he asked, very nicely, that I give him a chance to see if he can turn it around,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-warns-california-democrats-arresting-ice-agents-is-a-criminal-conspiracy?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Trump+Admin+Warns+California+Democrats%3A+Arresting+ICE+Agents+Is+A+%E2%80%98Criminal+Conspiracy%E2%80%99">wrote</a> on Truth Social. &#8220;I told him I think he is making a mistake, because we can do it much faster, and remove the criminals that the Law does not permit him to remove.”
The Justice Department also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-warns-california-democrats-arresting-ice-agents-is-a-criminal-conspiracy?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Trump+Admin+Warns+California+Democrats%3A+Arresting+ICE+Agents+Is+A+%E2%80%98Criminal+Conspiracy%E2%80%99">warned</a> California Democrats, including Gov. Gavin Newsom and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, on Thursday of potential charges, after Pelosi suggested that federal immigration agents could be arrested by state and local police.
“We urge you and other California officials to publicly abandon this apparent criminal conspiracy, to stop threatening law enforcement, and to prioritize the safety of your citizens,” U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche wrote in a letter to the Democrats. “In the meantime, federal agents and officers will continue to enforce federal law and will not be deterred by the threat of arrest by California authorities who have abdicated their duty to protect their constituents.”

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Coast Guard Opens Fire On U-Haul Truck That ‘Posed A Direct Threat’ During Anti-ICE Protests

Coast Guard Opens Fire On U-Haul Truck Driving Toward Base Entrance During Anti-ICE Protests

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The Department of Justice warned multiple top Democratic California politicians, including Gov. Gavin Newsom and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, of potential charges on Thursday, after Pelosi suggested that federal immigration agents could be arrested by state and local police.
Earlier this week, Pelosi, along with Democratic Rep. Kevin Mullin, <a href="https://pelosi.house.gov/news/press-releases/pelosi-mullin-statement-reports-planned-federal-immigration-operation-bay-area">threatened</a> that ICE agents could be detained as President Donald Trump considered a major immigration operation in San Francisco. In response, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche sent a letter to Newsom, Pelosi, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, and San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, urging them to &#8220;abandon this apparent criminal conspiracy.&#8221;
&#8220;The Department of Justice views any arrests of federal agents and officers in the performance of their official duties as both illegal and futile,&#8221; Blanche wrote. The deputy attorney general then cited multiple federal laws that prohibit interfering with federal law enforcement operations.
The California Democrats addressed in the letter were told to &#8220;preserve all written and electronic communications and records related to any attempts to or efforts to impede or obstruct federal law enforcement officials.&#8221;
&#8220;We urge you and other California officials to publicly abandon this apparent criminal conspiracy, to stop threatening law enforcement, and to prioritize the safety of your citizens,&#8221; Blanche added. &#8220;In the meantime, federal agents and officers will continue to enforce federal law and will not be deterred by the threat of arrest by California authorities who have abdicated their duty to protect their constituents.&#8221;
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California politicians want to arrest federal agents for enforcing federal law. 
We just sent them a letter: Stand down or face prosecution. 
No one threatens our agents. No one will stop us from Making America Safe Again. <a href="https://t.co/xe0EK8QssO">pic.twitter.com/xe0EK8QssO</a>
— Todd Blanche (@DAGToddBlanche) <a href="https://twitter.com/DAGToddBlanche/status/1981495700450893894?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2025</a></blockquote>
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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi <a href="https://x.com/JesseBWatters/status/1981528588516987011">told</a> Fox News host Jesse Watters Thursday night that if Democratic officials are telling state and local police to arrest ICE officers, they will face charges.
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&#8220;If they think I won’t [charge them], they have not met me,&#8221; Bondi added. &#8220;Because we will charge them if they are violating the law. We will protect our federal agents.&#8221;
Pelosi and Mullin, who both represent parts of the Bay Area, wrote in a <a href="https://pelosi.house.gov/news/press-releases/pelosi-mullin-statement-reports-planned-federal-immigration-operation-bay-area">press release</a> on Wednesday that California law &#8220;prevents federal agents from taking certain actions.&#8221; The Democratic lawmakers added, &#8220;Our state and local authorities may arrest federal agents if they break California law — and if they are convicted, the President cannot pardon them.&#8221;
California Democrats have also moved to make ICE agents show their faces while on the job. Late last month, Newsom signed a bill into law that bans ICE agents from wearing masks during arrests. The bill was signed as federal immigration agents face a massive increase in attacks on them, including shootings and car rammings. ICE sources told <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nice-try-gavin-newsom-cant-stop-ice-agents-from-wearing-masks-sources-say">The Daily Wire</a> that the new California law would not apply to the federal officers, and U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli told “Fox &amp; Friends” that California “does not and cannot have jurisdiction” over the federal agents.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-to-target-san-francisco-with-immigration-raids">announced</a> on Monday that the Trump administration would soon target San Francisco as part of its crackdown on crime and illegal immigrants. However, after Trump said some of his friends in San Francisco urged him to hold off on the federal law enforcement &#8220;surge,&#8221; the president had a phone call with Democratic San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and decided to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-calls-off-deployment-of-federal-agents-to-san-francisco">hold off</a> on the operation.
“The Federal Government was preparing to ‘surge’ San Francisco, California, on Saturday, but friends of mine who live in the area called last night to ask me not to go forward with the surge in that the Mayor, Daniel Lurie, was making substantial progress,” Trump <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1981406531926315028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">wrote</a> on Truth Social Thursday. “I spoke to Mayor Lurie last night and he asked, very nicely, that I give him a chance to see if he can turn it around. I told him I think he is making a mistake, because we can do it much faster, and remove the criminals that the Law does not permit him to remove.”
Jennie Taer contributed to this report.

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Trump Admin Warns California Democrats: Arresting ICE Agents Is A ‘Criminal Conspiracy’

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Illegal Immigation

Nancy Pelosi

Pam Bondi

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In every country where firearms have been banned, there&#8217;s been an &#8220;inciting incident&#8221; that&#8217;s been used to justify the crackdown. And very often, this &#8220;inciting incident&#8221; is either overblown, manufactured, or misconstrued in some way. In Canada back in 2022, for example, Justin Trudeau used a mass shooting in the United States — specifically, the shooting at the elementary school in Uvalde, Texas — to justify a national ban on handgun sales in Canada.
Yes, he used a shooting in a foreign country, which was committed with a rifle, to justify a ban on handguns in Canada. And of course, Canadians went along with it. They didn&#8217;t even complain because, after all, they&#8217;d been conditioned, over many years, to accept an increasing number of restrictions on their right to own firearms. Bit by bit, they allowed the government to whittle away their rights. So eventually, when it came time for Justin Trudeau to suspend handgun sales entirely, based on a pretext that was obviously ridiculous, everyone just kind of rolled over. We&#8217;ve seen similar stories all over the world, in places like Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and so on.
Every conservative — everyone who wants the United States to continue to exist as a functional country, where all of these other nations have failed — has to be mindful of similar efforts to undermine our Second Amendment rights here at home. We have to pay attention when government officials attempt to use some kind of fake &#8220;inciting incident&#8221; to suspend our right to possess firearms. And we certainly have to pay attention when these efforts gain traction — when they appear to be working.
That&#8217;s the case right now. Lawsuits and political pressure by various states — particularly California — have successfully intimidated the weapons manufacturer Glock into dismantling virtually its entire product line. One of the most popular handgun manufacturers in the world, with probably the most recognizable brand, has been beaten into submission.
This is a story that hasn&#8217;t received anywhere near the attention it should be receiving. It&#8217;s obviously the first domino among many. If Glock doesn&#8217;t reverse this decision — if Democrats win this fight — then many, many more dominoes will fall in short order. Just like we saw in Canada, once you give these people any ground whatsoever, they will walk all over you.
So let&#8217;s begin with the &#8220;inciting incident&#8221; of this particular power grab. It was the worst mass shooting in the history of Sacramento, according to the local media, and it took place in April 2022. Several shooters were involved, as part of some kind of gang warfare. Six people were fatally wounded. Twelve others were injured.
One of the men who was apprehended was named Smiley Martin (the brother of Dandrae Martin, another suspect in the case). Smiley Martin was found in possession of a Glock 19 handgun with a &#8220;switch&#8221; attached to it, which is a device that enables it to fire rapidly, like a machine gun. Switches are illegal, but they can be obtained very easily or created with a 3D printer.
And it was determined that Smiley was one of the main shooters in this particular incident. Watch: 
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You heard in that report that Smiley Martin had a very long criminal record prior to this shooting. But they don&#8217;t explain why he was allowed out of prison, if that&#8217;s the case. Nor do they provide more detail on what exactly Smiley Martin did when he committed his other crimes. 
But that&#8217;s a pretty big part of the story. So here&#8217;s <a href="https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-shootings-prisons-arrests-f713eff2a31b66e5740eb96f60392baa">The Associated Press</a>, with some more background.
<blockquote>A suspect arrested in connection with last weekend’s mass shooting outside bars in Sacramento served less than half his 10-year sentence because of voter-approved changes to state law that lessened the punishment for his felony convictions and provided a chance for earlier release. Smiley Allen Martin was freed in February after serving time for punching a girlfriend, dragging her from her home by her hair and whipping her with a belt, according to court and prison records. Those count as nonviolent offenses under California law, which considers only about two dozen crimes to be violent felonies — such as murder, rape, arson and kidnapping. &#8230; Proposition 57 credits include good behavior while behind bars, though corrections officials declined to release Martin’s disciplinary report.</blockquote>
If you follow my show or read my articles, you know this is all sounding very familiar. It&#8217;s similar to what happened in Kentucky, with the child killer Ronald Exantus. As we discussed, Exantus brutally murdered a young boy and assaulted his father (and the boy&#8217;s sister). But his crimes were deemed &#8220;nonviolent&#8221; under Kentucky law, so he was let out of prison after serving just a few years. Even though the parole board didn&#8217;t want to release Smiley Martin, they had no choice under the law — just like they had to release Ronald Exantus.
In this case, just like Ronald Exantus, Smiley Martin obviously committed violent offenses. He punched a woman and whipped her with a belt. But because these offenses are somehow considered &#8220;nonviolent&#8221; in California, under the law that was passed in 2016, Smiley Martin was allowed out of prison after serving a fraction of his sentence. And he then used that opportunity to commit a mass shooting.
So how has the government of California responded to this development? Have they suggested that maybe they should amend the law so that the word &#8220;nonviolent&#8221; doesn&#8217;t refer to crimes that are obviously violent? Have they suggested any changes whatsoever that would prevent violent felons from getting out of prison after serving less than half of their sentences?
You probably know the answer to that question. Democrats in California reacted to this mass shooting by pushing yet another law — one that will effectively ban all Glock handguns in the state. For many years, Glocks have had special restrictions in places like Canada and California. And now the government, in the wake of this mass shooting, has decided to go for a total ban. 
This is from a video posted by &#8220;<a href="https://x.com/fixingcali/status/1968266193808277561">Vince for California</a>,&#8221; the only account I&#8217;ve seen on X that has pieced all this together. Watch:
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Yes, you heard that correctly. Government officials in California cited the mass shooting in Sacramento as proof that we need a new law banning Glocks. That&#8217;s not because there&#8217;s anything wrong with Glocks, by themselves. It&#8217;s because career criminals — overwhelmingly young black men who pose with their illegally modified Glocks on TikTok all the time, and who constantly commit violent felonies and then get out of jail in five seconds — might modify the Glock to make it more dangerous. Because this relatively small demographic is breaking the law, therefore the most popular handgun in the world should be outlawed in California. (Technically, you can keep your current Glock, but you can&#8217;t buy a new one.)
That&#8217;s what they&#8217;re saying. That&#8217;s their plan. And it&#8217;s working. It&#8217;s almost as if the entire reason they let these violent thugs out of prison is so that they can commit more crimes, which Democrats will then, in turn, use to justify more crackdowns on our civil liberties. This is from a local news station in California.
<blockquote>Glock handguns, among the most popular pistols on the market, will no longer be available for purchase in California starting July 1, 2026. Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed into law AB 1127, which prohibits the sale of Glocks because a small part can be modified or replaced to convert the gun into an automatic weapon. Although illegal, this modification is becoming increasingly popular among lawbreakers. Tyler Thompson, a Glock dealer at Redding Guns, said the impending ban has left him with only one Glock in stock.</blockquote>
Along with this law (which was subsidized by Soros and Mark Zuckerberg), there have been various lawsuits filed against Glock by Democrats — including cities like Seattle and Chicago, and states like Minnesota and New Jersey — which essentially blame the manufacturer for illegal modifications that people make to their firearms. It&#8217;s like when Democrats blamed Toyota for supposedly making their cars too easy to steal.
For about a million reasons, conservatives should fight these laws (and these lawsuits) with everything they have. The NRA and the Second Amendment Foundation are doing their part, and filing lawsuits, but there needs to be a much bigger effort. For one thing, <a href="https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1127/id/3209201">here&#8217;s the law</a> that California just passed.
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Credit: LegiScan/California Assembly Bill 1127
The bill reads:
<blockquote>This bill would prohibit a licensed firearms dealer to sell, offer for sale, exchange, give, transfer, or deliver any semiautomatic machinegun-convertible pistol, except as specified. For these purposes, the bill would define “machinegun-convertible pistol” as any semiautomatic pistol with a cruciform trigger bar that can be readily converted by hand or with common household tools into a machine gun by the installation or attachment of a pistol converter, meaning any device or instrument that, when installed in or attached to the rear of the slide of a semiautomatic pistol, replaces the backplate and interferes with the trigger mechanism and thereby enables the pistol to shoot automatically more than one shot by a single function of the trigger.</blockquote>
Among other problems, this law is obviously unconstitutional. 
To be clear, it doesn&#8217;t apply only to Glocks, but also to any handgun with a &#8220;cruciform trigger bar.&#8221; 
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Here&#8217;s what that looks like. Some Smith &amp; Wesson firearms, along with some firearms from Shadow Systems and FMK Firearms, also have &#8220;cruciform trigger bars.&#8221; And yes, it&#8217;s true that, if they revamp their entire product lineup, Glock can get rid of these.
But Glock shouldn&#8217;t have to do that. Nor should any of these other companies. The Supreme Court has already held — correctly — that under our Constitution, Americans can own handguns that aren&#8217;t unreasonably dangerous. And there&#8217;s nothing unreasonably dangerous about a Glock. It&#8217;s about as vanilla as handguns get. If a handgun suddenly becomes &#8220;unreasonably dangerous&#8221; because someone makes an illegal modification to it, then every handgun will instantly become &#8220;unreasonably dangerous.&#8221;
And of course, that&#8217;s what California has in mind. We all know that, no matter what changes Glock decides to make to its handguns, in order to comply with this law, it will never be enough. It&#8217;s possible to modify any handgun (or rifle) to shoot &#8220;full auto&#8221;, within the meaning of this law. Probably ten days after Glock changes its handguns to comply with this law, someone will come up with a switch for the new model. It&#8217;s not going to be difficult. Many firearms experts have already made that point.
This is clearly, unambiguously, the first major step in a larger effort by Democrats to ban handguns. The only appropriate response is to fight it, right now. There is no limiting principle here. It&#8217;s like saying it should be illegal to own a car, because car bombs exist. The fact that someone can come in after the fact and make a product more dangerous by committing a felony does not mean that we should ban the product.
But Glock isn&#8217;t fighting back on principle. They&#8217;re not running ads in California, pointing out that Gavin Newsom let this mass shooter out of jail early, or that California already outlaws switches, or that the mass shooter was a felon who shouldn&#8217;t have been allowed to possess a firearm in the first place, or that he had a high-capacity magazine that&#8217;s also illegal in California. Glock isn&#8217;t running 24/7 ads, which makes the extremely obvious point that California could solve its gun problem overnight by actually enforcing its existing laws and by punishing violent criminals.
Instead, Glock is caving. They&#8217;re punishing every law-abiding gun owner in the country. They just announced that they&#8217;re ditching Gen 5 and starting to make a whole new &#8220;V series&#8221; of handguns that are supposedly compliant with this new law. They just sent this marketing material around.
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It reads: &#8220;As part of GLOCK&#8217;s commitment to future innovations, we are making necessary updates to our product lines to align with upcoming offerings.&#8221;
So they don&#8217;t even mention why they&#8217;re doing this. They don&#8217;t demonstrate a shred of interest in defending Americans&#8217; Second Amendment rights or contesting this flagrant overreach by Democrats in California, New Jersey, Minnesota, and so on. They don&#8217;t even provide any indication as to whether this new &#8220;V series&#8221; will be compatible with Gen 5 parts, including performance triggers and so on. Nor do they explain how they can possibly make a handgun that&#8217;s impossible to turn into a machine gun, under the law passed in California. They&#8217;re just hoping for the best, I guess.
And meanwhile, where is the Republican Party on this? Has a single prominent Republican made an issue out of the fact that Democrats just strong-armed Glock into dismantling its entire product line? If so, I&#8217;m not aware of it.
This is a total capitulation. There&#8217;s no other way to understand what&#8217;s happening here. It&#8217;s capitulation on Glock&#8217;s part. And it&#8217;s capitulation on the part of our elected representatives.
That would be unforgivable in normal times. It&#8217;s especially egregious now, after we&#8217;ve seen — again and again, in country after country — where total capitulation leads. Glock&#8217;s decision is going to embolden Democrats to do exactly what Leftists have done in Canada, Australia, and so on. They didn&#8217;t release Smiley Martin from prison, or fund these massive new changes to the law, so that Glock would release slightly-altered versions of its existing handguns. They released Smiley Martin from prison, and they passed this law, so that no one can buy a handgun ever again. They want to disarm the entire country. That is their ultimate objective.
That&#8217;s always been their objective. And with this decision by Glock, without much fanfare, they&#8217;re one very important step closer to achieving it.

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President Donald Trump has canceled the planned military deployment to San Francisco after the sanctuary city’s mayor lobbied him against the plan.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-to-target-san-francisco-with-immigration-raids?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=10&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+To+Target+San+Francisco+With+Immigration+Raids">announced</a> on Monday her office would deploy authorities to San Francisco as part of its crackdown on crime and illegal immigrants. But after a conversation Wednesday with San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, who asked for a chance to clean up the streets using local authorities, Trump has called off the deployment to give the city time to do so.
“The Federal Government was preparing to ‘surge’ San Francisco, California, on Saturday, but friends of mine who live in the area called last night to ask me not to go forward with the surge in that the Mayor, Daniel Lurie, was making substantial progress,” Trump <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1981406531926315028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> on Truth Social Thursday. “I spoke to Mayor Lurie last night and he asked, very nicely, that I give him a chance to see if he can turn it around. I told him I think he is making a mistake, because we can do it much faster, and remove the criminals that the Law does not permit him to remove.”
“I told him, ‘It’s an easier process if we do it, faster, stronger, and safer but, let’s see how you do?’ The people of San Francisco have come together on fighting Crime, especially since we began to take charge of that very nasty subject. Great people like Jensen Huang, Marc Benioff, and others have called saying that the future of San Francisco is great. They want to give it a ‘shot.’ Therefore, we will not surge San Francisco on Saturday. Stay tuned!”
Lurie said he told Trump that “San Francisco is on the rise.”
“I said then what I have said since taking office, that keeping San Franciscans safe is my top priority,” Lurie said on X Thursday, adding, “Visitors are coming back, buildings are getting leased and purchased, and workers are coming back to the office.”
“We have work to do, and we would welcome continued partnerships with the FBI, DEA, ATF, and U.S. Attorney to get drugs and drug dealers off our streets, but having the military and militarized immigration enforcement in our city will hinder our recovery,” Lurie said.
“We appreciate that the president understands that we are the global hub for technology, and when San Francisco is strong, our country is strong. In that conversation, the president told me clearly that he was calling off any plans for a federal deployment in San Francisco. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem reaffirmed that direction in our conversation this morning,” he said.
Trump has already carried out similar deployments of federal immigration authorities to Portland and Chicago, cities that have become hotbeds for anti-ICE riots.
Over the summer, Trump deployed the National Guard and the Marines to Los Angeles as violent rioters hurled concrete blocks at federal agents, set Waymo autonomous cars ablaze, and blocked major highways.
“San Francisco was truly one of the great cities of the world, and then 15 years ago it went wrong, it went woke,” Trump said during an interview with Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo Sunday.
“We’re going to San Francisco and we’re going to make it great,” Trump added.
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom responded to Trump on X Sunday, saying, “Nobody wants you here. You will ruin one of America’s greatest cities.”

Trump Calls Off Deployment Of Federal Agents To San Francisco

A 21-year-old Indian national arrested over a fatal California crash that killed three people was released into the United States by the Biden administration after illegally crossing the border in March 2022.
Jashanpreet Singh was arrested on Tuesday by the California Highway Patrol after the semi-truck he was driving <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/10-freeway-ontario-deadly-crash/">smashed</a> into slow traffic on a freeway in Ontario, causing an eight-vehicle pile-up, according to law enforcement. Investigators say Singh had drugs in his system at the time of the crash. In addition to the three fatalities, four others were injured. 
Singh is <a href="https://wp.sbcounty.gov/sheriff/corrections/inmate-locator/">charged</a> with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and driving under the influence of drugs causing bodily injury. He is currently in the custody of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department and is not eligible for bail. He is set to make his first court appearance on Thursday.
Border Patrol apprehended Singh in March 2022 after illegally crossing into California, then released pending a court date, Fox News first <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/illegal-immigrant-trucker-accused-fatal-california-crash-released-biden-admin-after-2022-border-crossing">reported</a>. 
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy commented on the footage of the crash on Wednesday, noting the Trump administration’s battle with California over commercial truck licensing standards. 
“This is exactly why [the Department of Transportation] has withheld $40 MILLION from California for failure to comply with our rules to protect drivers,” Duffy <a href="https://x.com/SecDuffy/status/1981098822601494833">posted</a> on X. ”We cannot allow our roads to be a dangerous place!”
Earlier this week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/10/21/criminal-illegal-alien-kills-indiana-man-after-driving-semi-truck-oncoming-traffic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lodged</a> a detainer against an illegal immigrant from Serbia and Montenegro who was accused of killing an Indiana man while driving a semi-truck without a valid commercial license. Borko Stankovic was arrested on October 15 after he allegedly swerved his truck into the wrong lane and fatally crashed into 54-year-old Jeffrey Eberly.
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Illegal aliens have NO BUSINESS operating 18 wheelers on America’s highways.
Borko Stankovic was driving a semi-truck without a valid commercial license when he swerved into oncoming traffic and struck an Indiana man, who tragically died at the scene.
Stankovic has been in the… <a href="https://t.co/nxd3z3xs5q">pic.twitter.com/nxd3z3xs5q</a>
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) <a href="https://twitter.com/DHSgov/status/1981044543676911927?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 22, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The Trump administration has attempted to crack down on illegal immigrants operating commercial trucks and rolled out new English proficiency requirements for commercial drivers in May.
Duffy announced last week that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration would withhold $40 million from California for its failure to comply with English-language standards. A federal investigation found that from June 25 to August 21, California allowed at least 23 drivers with documented violations of English proficiency in other states to remain on the road.
Florida has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/florida-sues-california-over-sanctuary-policies-trucker-licenses-for-illegal-immigrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sued</a> California for issuing commercial driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants. That suit came after a 28-year-old illegal immigrant from India was arrested after he was accused of making an illegal U-turn while driving on the Florida turnpike and killing three people.

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As speculation mounts that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will soon announce her retirement, one California lawmaker is wasting no time entering the succession race.
California State Senator Scott Wiener announced his candidacy Wednesday, hours after <a href="https://www.politico.com/playbook" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Politico</a> reported that Pelosi may announce her retirement soon after California votes on a controversial redistricting proposal. Wiener, who’s considered one of the most outspoken leftist members of the California State Legislature, did not name Pelosi in his campaign launch video.
“My family escaped fascism in Europe. I never thought the United States would slip into fascism like we’re seeing today,” Wiener said. “San Francisco has always been on the right side of history.”
“Join me now, before everything we believe in is lost for good,” he continued.
Wiener’s bid comes as Democrats continue to debate the concept of letting younger candidates pave the way for the party. Numerous reports surfaced earlier this year about whether Pelosi would run again. Pelosi, who is 85 years old, has been in Congress since 1987. Wiener is 55.
Some of the major campaign points on Wiener&#8217;s campaign website include LGBT issues and countering the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
“He authored the nation’s first LGBTQ refuge law, and expanded privacy protections to prevent harassment and targeting against transgender and nonbinary people. As Senate Budget Chair, he secured $15 million in state funds to cover gender affirming healthcare that Trump is attempting to cut from Medicaid,” his <a href="https://www.scottwiener.com/priorities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> states, as Wiener’s campaign logo also features a pride flag.
“When masked agents began disappearing people off the street in San Francisco, he passed first of its kind legislation to unmask them. In Congress, he will lead the charge to protect our immigrant neighbors and get ICE OUT OF CALIFORNIA!!!,” Wiener’s site says about immigration.
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The anti-masking ICE bill was signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) in September and will take effect in January. However, the legislation has raised questions about how it could be legally enforced, given that it pertains to federal officers.
“Good news for Americans and public safety: [ICE] and [DHS] law enforcement are part of the federal government,” Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in September after the bill was signed. “We don’t need to abide by this garbage.”
It’s unclear whether Wiener&#8217;s announcement will set off a major primary battle should Pelosi opt to retire. San Francisco has made national headlines in recent days as President Donald Trump considers deploying the National Guard to the city, which state leaders have said will be met with lawsuits. Earlier this week, DHS Assistant Secretary Kristi Noem announced that the city will be a focus of the administration’s ICE efforts.
“We continue to have targeted operations in many, many cities, but also very focused on those where challenges are still remaining, such as Portland, Chicago, we’re in Memphis as well, we’re going to San Francisco at the direction of the president as well,” Noem said, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-to-target-san-francisco-with-immigration-raids" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a> reported.

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A shooting occurred in Los Angeles on Tuesday morning during an attempt by federal agents to arrest an illegal immigrant trying to escape custody for a second time, federal law enforcement sources told The Daily Wire.
The suspect rammed a law enforcement vehicle as he tried to flee from federal agents, Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told The Daily Wire.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers fired at the illegal immigrant, shooting the individual in the elbow. One law enforcement officer was shot in the hand by a ricochet bullet.
&#8220;ICE law enforcement officers, assisted by U.S. Marshals, pulled the illegal alien over in a standard law enforcement procedure. The illegal alien weaponized his vehicle and began ramming the law enforcement vehicle in an attempt to flee,&#8221; said McLaughlin.
&#8220;Fearing for the safety of the public and law enforcement, our officers followed their training and fired defensive shots. The illegal alien was shot in the elbow and one law enforcement officer was shot in the hand by a ricochet bullet. Both are in the hospital,&#8221; she added.
Tuesday&#8217;s shooting comes amid a 1,000% uptick in assaults on federal immigration agents.
“These are the consequences of conduct and rhetoric by sanctuary politicians and activists who urge illegal aliens to resist arrest. Resisting arrest puts the safety of illegal aliens, law enforcement, and the public at risk. Our law enforcement officers are facing a more than 1000% increase in assaults against them including vehicle rammings by illegal aliens. We are once again calling on sanctuary politicians, agitators, and the media to turn the temperature down and stop calling for violence and resistance against ICE law enforcement,&#8221; said McLaughlin of the growing threats.
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Gangs and cartels in Mexico have advertised up to $50,000 in bounties to take out immigration authorities. Additionally, a sniper opened fire on an ICE facility in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/two-injured-one-killed-in-shooting-at-dallas-ice-detention-center">Dallas</a> last month, killing two detainees despite intending to kill feds.
Violent anti-ICE riots descended on Los Angeles over the summer, prompting President Donald Trump to call in the National Guard and Marines.
The Trump administration also recently hit <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-hits-antifa-with-very-first-terrorism-charges-in-anti-ice-attack">Antifa</a> with its first terrorism charges over a violent ambush at the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, on July 4, when a cell of militants lured agents out of the facility with fireworks and began shooting bullets in their direction. A local police officer was shot during the attack.
This is a developing story; stay tuned for updates.

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The Trump administration has set its sights on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/californias-crime-crisis-voters-took-action-newsom-took-his-football-and-went-home?author=Zack+Smith&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=California%E2%80%99s+Crime+Crisis%3A+Voters+Took+Action%2C+Newsom+Took+His+Football+And+Went+Home">San Francisco</a> as part of its crackdown on crime and illegal immigrants shielded by the city&#8217;s sanctuary laws.
San Francisco will be added to a growing list of cities where the Trump administration is sending Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in an effort to get illegal immigrant criminals off the streets, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced during a press conference Monday in Sarasota, Florida.
&#8220;We continue to have targeted operations in many, many cities, but also very focused on those where challenges are still remaining, such as Portland, Chicago, we&#8217;re in Memphis as well, we&#8217;re going to San Francisco at the direction of the president as well,&#8221; Noem said.
&#8220;We&#8217;re going to continue to make sure we&#8217;re focused not just on those cities that we hear about on the news, but also in cities like Sarasota, that we make sure that law enforcement officers in every single community get the chance to continue to get these criminals off of their streets,&#8221; she added.
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NEW: <a href="https://twitter.com/Sec_Noem?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Sec_Noem</a> says the Trump admin’s mass deportation effort will target the sanctuary city of San Francisco next <a href="https://t.co/NRvT1au9Rp">pic.twitter.com/NRvT1au9Rp</a>
— Jennie Taer (@JennieSTaer) <a href="https://twitter.com/JennieSTaer/status/1980294741930758640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
President Donald Trump also weighed in Sunday, pledging to deploy National Guard troops to the sanctuary city. He&#8217;s already attempted to send soldiers to both Portland and Chicago, which have become hotbeds for anti-ICE riots, but the deployments have been held up over ongoing lawsuits.
Over the summer, Trump deployed the National Guard and the Marines to Los Angeles to quell anti-ICE attacks, where rioters hurled concrete blocks at federal agents, set cars ablaze, and blocked major highways.
“San Francisco was truly one of the great cities of the world, and then 15 years ago it went wrong, it went woke,” Trump said during an interview with Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo Sunday.
“We’re going to San Francisco and we’re going to make it great,&#8221; said Trump.
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom responded to Trump on X Sunday, saying &#8220;Nobody wants you here. You will ruin one of America&#8217;s greatest cities.&#8221;
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Fact check: Nobody wants you here.
You will ruin one of America&#8217;s greatest cities. <a href="https://t.co/bdMoAhFmMS">https://t.co/bdMoAhFmMS</a>
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) <a href="https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1979984272254812552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2025</a></blockquote>
San Francisco became a <a href="https://www.sf.gov/information--sanctuary-city-ordinance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sanctuary</a> city in 1989 with the passage of the &#8220;City and County of Refuge&#8221; Ordinance, which bars local police from handing illegal immigrant criminals over to ICE.

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Florida is suing California over its sanctuary policies and decision to issue commercial driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said the Sunshine State filed a lawsuit Wednesday night, citing a fatal crash on a local turnpike caused by an illegal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-given-commercial-drivers-license-by-californias-newsom-charged-in-fatal-semi-truck-crash">immigrant</a> truck driver who had a California-issued Commercial Driver’s License (CDL).
The man behind the wheel of the semi tractor-trailer, Indian national Harjinder Singh, 28, made an illegal U-turn in August and killed three people.
“It’s a shame, and that’s why we’re taking Gavin Newsom to the Supreme Court,” Uthmeier told Sean Hannity Wednesday night.
He said Florida intends “to hold them [California] accountable for the carnage that their sanctuary illegal immigration policies have caused to states like Florida across the country.”
“Here in Florida, we can do everything right, we can back the blue, we can enforce the law, we can combat illegal immigration, but we still suffer when Gavin Newsom and liberals on the west coast allow these illegals in, encourage them, enable them to get these driver&#8217;s licenses and then they cross the country and ultimately take lives,” Uthmeier said.
“They care more about their love affair with illegals than protecting American citizens,” he added.
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Tonight, we filed a lawsuit against Gavin Newsom and California in the US Supreme Court because their so-called “sanctuary” policies for illegal aliens are harming states like Florida.
California must pay for the carnage of their open border policies and unlawful CDL programs. <a href="https://t.co/iEauMlWXkY">pic.twitter.com/iEauMlWXkY</a>
— Attorney General James Uthmeier (@AGJamesUthmeier) <a href="https://twitter.com/AGJamesUthmeier/status/1978641628157055306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2025</a></blockquote>
The Trump administration has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-nabs-illegal-immigrant-truckers-with-blue-state-drivers-licenses-let-in-by-biden?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=ICE+Nabs+Illegal+Immigrant+Truckers+With+Blue+State+Driver%E2%80%99s+Licenses+Let+In+By+Biden">commenced</a> a crackdown on the issuance of CDLs to illegal immigrants. Several Republican lawmakers, led by Kentucky Congressman Andy Barr, are this week expected to introduce legislation that would enable the Secretary of Transportation to stop blue states from issuing commercial licenses to illegals, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-bill-takes-aim-at-democrat-states-giving-truck-licenses-to-illegal-aliens?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=8&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Republican+Bill+Takes+Aim+At+Democrat+States+Giving+Truck+Licenses+To+Illegal+Aliens">reported</a>.
During a recent three-day operation in Oklahoma, ICE agents <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-nabs-illegal-immigrant-truckers-with-blue-state-drivers-licenses-let-in-by-biden">arrested</a> 91 illegal immigrant truck drivers, most of whom had California CDLs, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
The Department of Transportation has also launched an audit of states issuing CDLs, while instituting an English-language requirement for truck drivers.

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Florida Sues California Over Sanctuary Policies, Trucker Licenses For Illegal Immigrants

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Several Republican lawmakers are expected to introduce a bill on Thursday aimed at stopping illegal aliens from getting licenses to drive commercial trucks in deep blue regions.
Kentucky Congressman Andy Barr has partnered with Senators Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Bill Hagerty of Tennessee to advance legislation that would authorize the Trump administration to crack down on states found to be granting Commercial Driver’s Licenses (CDL) to illegal aliens, according to documents reviewed by The Daily Wire.
Under the legislation, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy would have the authority to revoke a state’s ability to grant “non-domiciled CDLs,” or commercial licenses for applicants who live out of state, if the state were found in violation of federal rules around CDLs.
“By issuing CDLs to illegal immigrants, states like California are undermining federal law and endangering public safety,” Barr, who is running to succeed Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell, told The Daily Wire. “Our bill restores accountability by strengthening President Trump’s authority to hold liberal states in check when they defy federal law and recklessly grant CDLs to illegal immigrants.”
The bill would also standardize some rules about the CDL process by requiring all testing to be conducted in English and that all CDL applicants hold a driver’s license for at least one year.
“For everyone’s safety, you must be able to read and understand English road signs when operating a commercial vehicle. Our bill would require commercial drivers to pass the test given in English,” said Cotton in a statement.
Duffy has taken action to clamp down on California’s CDL program after authorities say an illegal alien trucker <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/08/18/criminal-illegal-alien-recklessly-driving-18-wheeler-kills-three-florida" target="_blank" rel="noopener">caused</a> a wreck in Florida that killed three Americans. The trucker, Harjinder Singh, <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/08/19/us-news/illegal-migrant-truck-driver-in-deadly-florida-crash-failed-english-road-sign-tests-despite-getting-licenses-from-2-sanctuary-states/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">obtained</a> a CDL most recently in California and allegedly caused the wreck after attempting an illegal U-turn. Singh is believed to have illegally entered the United States in 2018.
The Transportation Secretary has targeted California’s federal funding. On Wednesday, Duffy’s department <a href="https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/trumps-transportation-secretary-sean-p-duffy-announces-consequences-californias" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that it had revoked over $40 million in funding for California from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Duffy slashed funding for the deep blue state after the Department of Transportation investigation into California’s CDL program <a href="https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/newsroom/trumps-transportation-secretary-sean-p-duffy-takes-emergency-action-protect-americas-roads#:~:text=Moving%20forward%2C%20non%2Dcitizens%20will,presence%20in%20the%20U.S.%20expired" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> that more than a quarter of non-domiciled commercial licenses issued by the state were improperly awarded.
While Duffy can revoke funding, the Republican-led legislation would give the Transportation Secretary further authority to pull a state’s ability to issue commercial licenses altogether.

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Republican Bill Takes Aim At Democrat States Giving Truck Licenses To Illegal Aliens

GOP Bill Takes Aim At Democrat States Giving CDLs To Illegal Aliens

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In yet another move against gun ownership, California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed Assembly Bill 1127 into law, triggering immediate backlash from the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and its partners. The ink was barely dry when, just three days later, SAF, the National Rifle Association (NRA), Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC), a licensed firearms retailer, and two individual plaintiffs filed suit, alleging the law is a direct assault on the Constitution.
Dubbed the “Glock Ban,” AB 1127 prohibits licensed dealers in California from selling semiautomatic pistols with cruciform trigger bars, which happen to include virtually all Glock models and Glock-style handguns. According to the law, which takes effect July 1, 2026, these firearms can supposedly be “readily converted” into machine guns by installing a backplate device — often called a “Glock switch.” The bill’s supporters claim this is a public safety measure designed to target the illegal conversion of firearms into fully automatic weapons.
SAF argues that the banned firearms — Glocks and their clones — are indisputably in “common use” for lawful purposes like self-defense and sport shooting. That distinction matters because, under Supreme Court precedent (District of Columbia v. Heller, 2008), firearms “in common use” cannot be banned. SAF contends that AB 1127 directly violates the Second Amendment because it targets a class of arms that millions of Americans — including Californians — legally own and use every day.
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As SAF <a href="https://saf.org/">put it bluntly</a>: “Because Glock and Glock platform handguns are indisputably in common use… they fall squarely within the protections of the Second Amendment and cannot be banned.”
What’s more, the new law is riddled with inconsistencies. Californians can still <a href="https://www.cagun.law/">privately sell these same </a><a href="https://www.cagun.law/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">firearms </a>through the secondary market, and law enforcement is fully exempt. So if these guns are so dangerous, why the carve-outs?
Legal experts note that Glock switches are already illegal under federal law, meaning AB 1127 addresses a crime that’s already prohibited. But instead of going after the unlawful modification, California’s legislature chose to go after the platform itself — punishing law-abiding gun owners and dealers instead of criminals.
The law has also sparked concern in the firearms industry, as it bans not just Glocks but any handgun with a similar internal mechanism, including brands like Shadow Systems. Unless manufacturers redesign their pistols, these models will be wiped off California’s shrinking “Safe Handgun Roster.” Ironically, the law offers a glimmer of hope for manufacturers — if they can redesign and submit new models that don’t allow for easy conversion, those pistols may be allowed back on the market. Translation: only government-approved, state-blessed models will be allowed. For now.
If AB 1127 survives court scrutiny, it could open the floodgates to more sweeping bans.
With SAF, the NRA, and FPC leading the charge, Jaymes v. Bonta is shaping up to be a legal slugfest with national implications.

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