Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for civil rights, told Newsmax Wednesday the Department of Justice has warned California Gov. Gavin Newsom that they will sue if the state’s new law banning the sale of Glocks goes into effect.

The law, which is set to take effect Wednesday, July 1, says that licensed firearms dealers "shall not sell, offer for sale, exchange, give, transfer, or deliver any semiautomatic machinegun-convertible pistol."

Glock "switches" are already illegal, but Democrat lawmakers in California took the restriction further, passing a party-line bill that bans the sale of any new firearm with a Glock-style design.

The law does not prohibit owning existing Glocks or reselling used ones within the state.

“The Glock has about 65% of the handgun market,” Dhillon said on “Carl Higbie: Frontline.”

"For over a decade now California's made it has not allowed any firearms onto its roster of approved firearms that can be sold by retailers,” she said.

“And now they're saying that because the Glock theoretically can be modified in ways that California doesn't approve of, even though Glock doesn't sell the modifications, they're banning their retail sale, which is outrageous,” Dhillon added.

“So we've sent a letter today from the Civil Rights Division, Second Amendment Section saying that if this law goes into effect on July 1st, which is the date that it's supposed to go into effect, we will sue,” Dhillon continued,

Dhillon said the California law violates previous Supreme Court rulings on gun ownership.

She said she does not expect California Gov. Gavin Newsom to respond to her letter.

“They don't care. In fact, they welcome the fight, I'm sure, because it lets them fundraise and virtue signal,” Dhillon said.

“But we're here for the 40 million Californians who have the right to be treated the same way under our Constitution as all other Americans,” she said.

Dhillon noted the department has ongoing litigation in Washington, D.C., and the Virgin Islands over gun laws there, along with filing numerous amicus briefs at the Supreme Court.

“We are extremely aggressive in ramping up on this.

"It's a very important and fundamental right,” Dhillon said.

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