The New Jersey attorney general's office sent subpoenas to federally licensed firearms dealers across the Garden State this week demanding records of every Glock pistol sold at their stores over the past decade, NRA-ILA first reported on Friday. Dealers began receiving the multi-page subpoenas, dated May 11, around May 14; the state has set June 15, 2026 as the mandatory response deadline.

The subpoenas are an outgrowth of Davenport v. Glock, a public nuisance lawsuit originally filed by former New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin in December 2024. The suit claims Glock knowingly designed and marketed pistols that can be readily converted to automatic fire using illegal aftermarket auto sears — devices known on the street as "Glock switches." Attorney General Jennifer Davenport, who succeeded Platkin, is continuing the discovery. The subpoenas demand detailed transaction records for every Glock sale from January 2016 through June 15, including purchaser names, identification numbers, and specifics of each firearm purchased.

NRA-ILA quoted Executive Director John Commerford as calling the action "unconstitutional and utterly outrageous," and said the NRA is "prepared to take any action necessary to protect the rights of New Jersey gun owners." The NRA pointed out that New Jersey's pistol purchaser permit system already functions as a de facto handgun registry, meaning the attorney general could obtain much of this information directly from state databases without burdening dealers at all — raising questions about why commercial records are being targeted through litigation. Civil discovery records can become part of the public court file, creating a real risk that thousands of law-abiding gun owners' names, home addresses, and identification numbers could be made publicly accessible.

NSSF described the move as "lawfare against the firearm industry entering new territory," noting that extending subpoenas to the dealer network pulls licensed retail businesses into expensive and disruptive compliance obligations separate from any wrongdoing on their part. The attorney general's office declined to say how many dealers received subpoenas, characterizing it as "a subset" of New Jersey FFLs, and has not said whether additional rounds are planned.

At least one FFL told News2A the demand was "a logistical nightmare" that could take years to fulfill. Glock is the best-selling handgun platform in the United States; in New Jersey alone, tens of thousands of units have likely changed hands since 2016. Bearing Arms reported that the subpoena language does not carve out personal identifying information about individual buyers, meaning the names and addresses of law-abiding purchasers are squarely within scope.

Gun rights groups face the same June 15 deadline as complying dealers if they intend to challenge the subpoenas through the courts. The NRA has signaled it will act. If the records flow into the public litigation file, the episode would constitute the largest Glock-specific customer disclosure in New Jersey history — built not from a legislative gun registry, but through a civil lawsuit.