U.S. District Judge Monica Ramirez Almadani denied the DOJ’s request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) against California’s Glock ban on July 9, 2026.
Breitbart News reported that Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon announced the lawsuit on July 1, 2026.
In a DOJ press release, Dhillon said, “The Civil Rights Division will defend law-abiding citizens from states that seek to disarm them illegally. This lawsuit is yet another example of this Justice Department enforcing the Second Amendment by protecting citizens against unconstitutional state regulation of firearms.”
But on Thursday, Judge Almadani denied the TRO request, saying in part that the law “includes carveouts for the transfer of machine-gun convertible pistols under various circumstances…[so] it is not clear that California citizens are prohibited outright from acquiring Glock and Glock-style pistols.”
The DOJ has not said whether it plans to appeal.
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