America’s most popular handgun just became the latest target in the gun control movement’s ongoing war against firearms manufacturers, and the activists at Everytown for Gun Safety are celebrating.
Earlier this week, Everytown cheered Glock’s decision to halt production of most of its existing handgun lineup and replace it with a newly redesigned series. The group quickly claimed credit for the move, calling it a “major victory” in its campaign to hold the firearms industry legally accountable for crimes committed with illegally modified weapons.
The announcement follows a wave of lawsuits and new legislation in California targeting Glock over the criminal use of so-called “Glock switches”; small, illegal conversion devices that can turn a semi-automatic pistol into a fully automatic firearm. Everytown said it played a direct role in both writing the legislation and filing the lawsuits that pressured Glock into redesigning its guns.
“If the reports are true about Glock, this would be a major victory for the gun safety movement’s efforts to hold the gun industry accountable,” Everytown president John Feinblatt said. “It’s always been within Glock’s power to address this deadly problem.”
Glock Announces “V Series” Lineup
Glock confirmed last week that it plans to suspend production of most existing pistol models and introduce a new line called the Glock V Series.
“As part of Glock’s commitment to future innovations, we are making necessary updates to our product line to align with upcoming offerings,” the company said in a statement obtained by USA Carry. “Our dedication continues to be with maintaining the highest level of quality, reliability, and accessibility that you expect from Glock.”
The company did not specify the internal changes being made, but it emphasized that the new pistols will retain the same external design while incorporating updated internal components.
The decision comes after multiple unfavorable court rulings for Glock, and shortly after California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a state law effectively banning the sale of guns with so-called “crucifix triggers” — a design feature common to Glock handguns.
Everytown’s Multi-Year Campaign
Everytown’s legal arm filed the first major liability suit against Glock last year, joined by the city of Chicago. The lawsuit accused the company of designing pistols that could be “easily converted” into illegal machine guns using aftermarket switches.
That lawsuit sparked a series of copycat filings by other cities and gun control organizations, eventually leading to California’s new restrictions. Everytown described its effort as a “multi-year, multi-pronged pressure campaign to end the proliferation of semi-automatic pistols that can be easily converted into illegal machine guns.”
The group now hopes to replicate California’s law in other states, including New York, Illinois, and Maryland, where similar legislation is already being drafted.
What’s Next for Glock — and Gun Owners
If Glock’s redesign indeed makes illegal conversions more difficult, Everytown claims it will mark a new precedent, proving that the gun industry can be pressured into changing product designs under legal and political threat.
But critics argue that this is precisely the kind of “backdoor ban” gun control groups have been pursuing for years: using litigation and regulation to restrict lawful gun ownership when legislative bans fail.
Feinblatt doubled down in his statement, saying Glock’s move only highlights the “damage done” by the company’s past inaction.
“While the reported discontinuation is an important step in the right direction, it only underscores the scope of the damage done, the lives lost, and the communities shattered while Glock sat on its hands,” he said.
Glock has not commented publicly beyond its initial statement and has provided no technical details on the new “V Series” redesign.
Whether this marks a genuine product evolution or a reluctant concession under mounting legal pressure remains to be seen. What’s clear, however, is that the gun control lobby is now treating product design itself as the next battlefield in America’s ongoing fight over the Second Amendment.
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