Attorney General Kathleen Jennings has filed a civil lawsuit against Glock, Inc. and Glock Ges.m.b.H. alleging the company knowingly designed, marketed and sold handguns that could be easily converted into illegal machine guns using so-called “Glock switches.” The lawsuit was filed under the Keshali “Keke” Anderson Safe Firearm Sales Act.
“For decades, some gun manufacturers have hidden behind the myth that the industry ahs no moral consequences, that their stake in our communities ends at the cash register, and that they are neutral in the war between law enforcement and gun violence. Those days are over,” Jennings said. “Our communities and communities across America, are being terrorized by weapons with destructive power never intended or legal for civilian use. Glock knew. They could have acted. They chose profit over people.”
According to Jennings, the design of Glock pistols allows them to be easily, quickly and cheaply transformed into weapons capable of firing up to 1,200 rounds per minute using inexpensive conversion devices. The lawsuit claims Glock has known for decades that its design makes these conversions possible yet has refused to adopt safety features that would prevent them. Instead, the company continued to market these products to civilians, even as law enforcement nationwide reported a surge in violence involving converted Glock handguns.
However, a review of crime statistics in Delaware do not show an increase in crime using modified Glock pistols. Although there have been nine converted devices among firearms recovered in Delaware, there is no data showing those were Glock pistols. In April 2026, federal prosecutors announced the indictment of a Wilmington man after he was discovered with an illegally converted Glock 19.
The lawsuit also alleges “multiple seizures of illegally converted Glocks in Delaware” yet there is no data to support that claim. In fact, in 2024, there were nine conversion devices recovered and traced in Delaware while in 2025 there were only three, according to the ATF. There is no data to indicate all of those converted weapons were Glocks.
The lawsuit seeks an injunction barring Glock from distributing easily convertible products to civilians in the state as well as restitution and damages. The lawsuit would not ban the sale of Glocks to law enforcement. Glock switches and other devices that convert semi-automatic firearms into fully automatic machine guns are illegal in Delaware.
The Keshali “Keke” Anderson Safe Firearm Sales Act is a Delaware law passed in 2022 that allows the state and private individuals to bring lawsuits against firearm manufacturers, distributors and dealers whose business practices unlawfully or unreasonably endanger public safety. The law is named for Keke Anderson, a 19-year-old mother who was killed in a 2016 drive-by shooting in Wilmington.
Anderson was killed by a firearm allegedly purchased at Cabela’s in Christiana through a straw purchase, one in which someone buys a gun for someone else who cannot legally purchase one. Anderson’s family sued Cabela’s, but the court ruled that Cabela’s was protected from liability under existing state law. This led to the passage of Senate Bill 302 signed into law by then-Governor John Carney in 2022.
