A new law in California targets Glocks, which critics say can be easy to convert into a machine gun. Other states have also struggled with the issue.

Assembly Bill 1127, signed by Newsom on Friday, Oct. 10, bans the sale or transfer of handguns with a "cruciform trigger bar," a gun part common to many semi-automatic firearms. The gun component is a central part of Glock-brand handguns.

The bill, which would add machine gun conversion devices, known as Glock switches, to Pennsylvania’s list of prohibited offensive weapons.

Bad parenting, idle time and immature brains rarely add up to anything good. In Louisville, we see the result every day — too many young people with guns. And now, there's something even more dangerous on the streets: Glock switches.

The state sets forth factual claims that Glock ‘deliberately designed’ its handguns to be readily convertible to illegal machine guns, marketed those products and failed to employ reasonable controls or modify the design,