Glock-style guns banned under new budget

Buffalo, NY (WBEN) As part of the state budget that was approved, lawmakers approved a ban on Glock-style guns come next year. State officials say the effective date will be no later than June 1, 2027, at which point any non-compliant firearms can no longer be legally sold by firearm dealers.

"I think it's basically just another gun grab," says Dean Adamski of DD's Ranch. "It's something that they do to whittle away different products and different things that they can sell in New York." He believes this has been done for years. "They take little piece by little piece from us,, and people seem to be more compliant with it, because it's not that bad. They're consistently always taking a little piece, a little piece. Now this is, this is a big piece, because easily modifiable. I'll be honest with you, there's not a single gun out there that they can produce that you can't make some form of illegal." He says state lawmakers did it with the Glocks, because they were going to make them legal machine guns that no one's ever used in a crime. "Is it a reality that people are going buying these Glock switches and shooting up places? No, it's absolutely not," notes Adamski. He adds no one has inquired about such a thing in his 25 years in business.

He says Glock is the best selling handgun in the country. "It's definitely our best line. So, if we can no longer sell them, or the models that are like them, like the Ruger RXM, and there's a bunch of different models based off that frame style. We will, it's definitely going to hurt. It's going to take a chunk out of our business, a huge chunk out of our business," says Glock. He claims the law is about putting the gun dealer out of business.

There is some question over whether those who already own these types of guns will be grandfathered in. "There is no clear definition as to how they're going to," says Adamski. "People are going to be worried. Are people going to either want to get one before then or absolutely want to try to get rid of it before then. We don't know, because like every other law passed in the state, with regards to firearms, they are very non-definitive. They do not tell the dealers what's going on, they do not put a statement to what's going on, do not explain what's going on. They, I've never seen a publication of any law for the dealers to what to go by. You kind of got to try to figure it out yourself. Call this, you know, call the state and get six different answers from six different people. So it's very unclear, you know, what's going to happen. So basically, right now we're just like you and everyone else, waiting to see what happens. They're waiting to see what they think, what they determine."

Heather Reichart of H&H Firearms says she's heard some grandfathering could happen. " It's just if somebody passes away, they would not be able to transfer those firearms, I believe, to Stanley, is where it's going to come down to, but it's what I read, I believe it is grandfathered," says Reichart.

Like Adamski, Reichart believes this was something lawmakers pushed through, "They're just trying to ban certain firearms in general, because it's not just a Glock ban, it bans other firearms as well," says Reichart. She says gets inquiries everyday. "We do a lot with law enforcement, but it doesn't really affect them. But then it will affect everybody else, like including security officers. It's still one of their number one guns that they use, and they would not be able to purchase them as well," notes Reichart.

She says this could affect law enforcement's ability to buy Glocks. "It affects it totally, because you would not be able to purchase one at all, and it includes some other guns too, like Rugers and some of the other ones that take the cruciform like transfer bars was called, so it's not just a Glock thing, and that's what people keep calling it, and it does affect other other manufacturers as well, so it's gonna be pretty," sys Reichart..