New Jersey Subpoenas Glock Dealers for Sales Records Dating to 2016

New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport's office issued subpoenas to Federal Firearms Licensees across the state for records on Glock pistol sales to New Jersey residents. The subpoenas, dated around May 11, 2026, began reaching dealers on May 14 and set a response deadline of June 15, 2026.

A Superior Court judge has refused to dismiss the lawsuit and is allowing discovery to proceed. The subpoenas seek records on every lawful sale or transfer of Glock handguns dating back to January 2016.

The demands include buyer names and addresses, dates of sale, firearm details such as make, model, serial number, and caliber, and whether the firearms were sold to civilians or law enforcement. They also request information on how dealers obtained Glock inventory, contracts or agreements with Glock, and communications concerning sales, marketing, and automatic-fire capability.

Jersey argues that Glock knowingly designed and marketed pistols that criminals can convert into illegal machine guns with so-called Glock switches. Glock rejects the claim that its pistols are uniquely or unusually easy to convert and states that criminals bear responsibility for illegally modifying firearms.

The company notes that its semiautomatic operating system is not different from many other modern semiautomatic pistols and that a Glock switch creates reliability and safety problems distinct from true fully automatic machine guns. "What's funny is these folks want all the gun records, but they don't want to give the federal government voting records," said Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon.