{"id":2599346,"date":"2026-05-06T09:05:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T13:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/connecticut-legislature-nears-24-hour-mark-for-debate-on-pistol-ban\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T09:06:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T13:06:02","slug":"connecticut-legislature-nears-24-hour-mark-for-debate-on-pistol-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/connecticut-legislature-nears-24-hour-mark-for-debate-on-pistol-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecticut legislature nears 24-hour mark for debate on pistol ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fconnecticut-legislature-nears-24-hour-mark-for-debate-on-pistol-ban%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2599346&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Connecticut lawmakers are engaged in a lengthy, high-stakes debate over Gov. Ned Lamont\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michael-reagan-democrats-put-on-a-gun-show\/\" title=\"Michael Reagan: Democrats Put on a Gun Show\">gun control bill aimed<\/a> at banning \u201cconvertible\u201d Glock-style pistols. The bill was approved in the Democratic-controlled House and is now facing strong resistance from Republicans in the upper chamber as the session approaches midnight Wednesday, leaving lawmakers roughly 15 hours to act on this and other measures.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters say the legislation addresses gun violence by restricting pistols that can be modified into automatic weapons using Glock switches,which are already illegal in Connecticut. They argue most residents support making it harder to convert handguns into machine guns.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans argue the bill infringes Second Amendment rights and targets lawful firearms. They also contend the weapons modification is already illegal, so additional restrictions are unnecessary. The proposal would also require background checks for certain unfinished firearm parts (lower frames\/receivers) by treating them as firearms to curb \u201cghost guns,\u201d and it would ban the future sale, importation, distribution, and advertising of convertible pistols.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/connecticut\/\">Connecticut<\/a> legislature is engaged in a marathon debate on controversial gun control legislation, triggering an intense <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/second-amendment\/\">Second Amendment <\/a>discussion in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Discussions on the matter began around 11 a.m. Tuesday, with the debate now pushing toward the 24-hour mark. The bill banning certain Glock-style pistols has already passed in the Democratic House and is now facing intense pushback from Republicans in the upper chamber, where the Democrats hold a 25-11 majority.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4556788\/connecticut-legislature-nears-24-hour-mark-debate-pistol-ban\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Connecticut legislature nears 24-hour mark for debate on pistol ban<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4556695\/colbert-interview-with-barack-obama\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Colbert talks presidential legacy, expansion of presidential powers, and aliens in interview with Barack Obama<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4556656\/bickering-and-blaming-trump-dominate-california-gubernatorial-debate\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>\u2018Bickering\u2019 and blaming Trump dominate California gubernatorial debate<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cga.ct.gov\/asp\/cgabillstatus\/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&#038;which_year=2026&#038;bill_num=5043\">House Bill 5043<\/a>, introduced by Gov. Ned Lamont (D-CT), centers on banning certain handguns that Democrats oppose because of fears that they can be easily converted from semiautomatic to automatic firearms when a Glock switch is added. Glock switches are already illegal in Connecticut. The bill would ban the sale of so-called convertible pistols in the state. Democrats have argued it is necessary to address gun violence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>\u201cIf you say let\u2019s take a common-sense step to make it more difficult to take a pistol and turn it into an illegal machine gun, a vast majority of Connecticut residents support that,\u201d said Democratic state Sen. Derek Slap, who sits on the Public Safety Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Connecticut is already home to some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-tucker-carlson-explains-how-democrats-are-making-gun-violence-possible\/\" title=\"WATCH: Tucker Carlson Explains How \u2018Democrats Are Making ... Possible\u2019\">strictest gun control laws<\/a> in the country, after it enacted a series of checks on firearms following the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans believe the latest piece of legislation infringes on rights guaranteed under the Second Amendment and unnecessarily targets one of the most popular guns in the country. They are seeking to stall the bill, as Connecticut\u2019s legislative session nears its end at midnight Wednesday. That has put lawmakers on a severe time crunch, with roughly 15 hours to pass the Glock bill and several other pieces of legislation before this year\u2019s legislative session ends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s banning glocks, perfectly lawful firearms, whether there\u2019s a Glock switch or not,\u201d Republican state Sen. Rob Sampson said. \u201cThose are already illegal. Converting the firearm is already illegal, so you don\u2019t need this bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the Republicans in the minority, including myself, have the capacity to speak on the bill all day until midnight, and they have a lot of other things they want to accomplish, so I just don\u2019t see it making it to the top as far as priorities,\u201d he added. \u201cWe have a tradition of unlimited debate in Connecticut, so I think there will be a lot of folks who have feelings on this, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >bill primarily targets gun manufacturers<\/a> such as Glock, pressuring them to redesign their pistols so that they cannot be modified into automatic weapons. Lamont\u2019s bill bans the future sale, importation, distribution, and advertising of \u201cconvertible pistols,\u201d and defines a convertible pistol as \u201cany semiautomatic pistol with a cruciform trigger bar that can be readily converted by hand or with a common household tool into a machine gun solely by the installation or attachment of a pistol converter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If passed, the bill would also require background checks for those who want to buy unfinished lower frames or receivers, which are gun parts that house the trigger mechanism of a firearm, as the legislation redefines them as firearms in order to target ghost guns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019re looking at new forms of gun violence that are causing cities and communities to be less safe and learning what\u2019s working around the country,\u201d Democratic state Sen. Matt Lesser said.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4535480\/supreme-court-catholic-exclusion-colorado-universal-preschool\/\"><strong>SUPREME COURT TAKES UP CHALLENGE TO CATHOLIC EXCLUSION FROM COLORADO\u2019S UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL PROGRAM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Republicans pushed back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t stop gun violence by putting more laws on the books that law-abiding citizens follow,\u201d Republican state Sen. Paul Cicarella, who sits on the Public Safety Committee, said. \u201cBecause the criminals are the ones committing this gun violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connecticut lawmakers near 24-hour debate on Glock-style pistol ban, fueling heated Second Amendment discussion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2599347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP23157762116742-scaled.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[79192,3896,50385,79193],"class_list":["post-2599346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-connecticut-legislature","tag-debate","tag-gun-control-2","tag-pistol-ban"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP23157762116742-scaled.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2599346"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2599350,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599346\/revisions\/2599350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2599347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2599346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2599346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2599346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}