The Daily Fuckup

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit on July 1, 2026, against California and state Attorney General Robert Bonta, challenging the state’s new Glock-ban law and its handgun roster system. The complaint says California’s rules unlawfully restrict the purchase of common handguns and asks a federal court to block enforcement statewide. DOJ’s public filing says the challenge is based on the Second Amendment.

In the department’s press release, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said California cannot ban what he called the most popular type of handgun in America. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon said the Civil Rights Division would defend law-abiding citizens against unconstitutional firearms restrictions. The department also said the lawsuit targets both the new Glock-ban law and the existing handgun roster, not just one or the other.

California’s new law took effect the same day the lawsuit was filed, and DOJ’s complaint argues that the statute bars retail purchase of common Glock handguns and similar models. The state’s handgun roster, meanwhile, limits which handguns may be sold lawfully in California. The lawsuit asks the court to treat both provisions as unconstitutional under the Second and Fourteenth Amendments.

The case now moves into federal court in Los Angeles, where California is likely to defend the law and the roster as lawful exercises of state authority. Whatever the politics around the filing, the immediate fact is simple: the Justice Department has opened a direct constitutional challenge to California gun rules that it says go too far.