Days after the signing of a new state law that bans the sale or transfer of Glock and Glock-style handguns, firearms advocates filed a lawsuit in San Diego federal court this week challenging the ban.

Assembly Bill 1127, which was signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday, bars California firearms dealers from selling semi-automatic firearms that include a "cruciform trigger bar," which lawmakers behind the bill say allows semi-automatic guns to be converted into fully automatic weapons.

The law takes effect next year.

On Monday, a complaint was filed challenging the new law, which it states "is flagrantly unconstitutional."

The complaint cites case law stating that weapons "in common use at the time" are protected by the Second Amendment and that the guns targeted by the ban are "among th

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