The Brief

The National Rifle Association is suing California over a ban on Glock-style weapons with features allowing their conversion to fully automatic weapons. The ban takes effect at the end of this year, so stores like Red Rifle LTD have seen a run on the popular guns.

"We sold out," says owner Jack Brandhorst. We heard the same from other stores we called. Customers telling us, "It's a shame, it's the law-abiding gun owner they are hurting," referring to politicians behind the ban.

When passed, the law was meant to target the weapons, which have been used in some mass shootings, like the one that resulted in six deaths in Sacramento in 2022. But "you're not going to stop criminals," says Brandhorst, explaining that they can find the already illegal switches — that convert guns — o

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