Maryland Governor Signs Bill Banning Many Handguns, Triggering Lawsuit

The bill prohibits selling and buying handguns with a trigger bar.

A Glock handgun and two magazines, in a file photograph. Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo

Maryland’s governor on May 26 signed legislation that bans selling, buying, and receiving many handguns, prompting groups such as the National Rifle Association to sue.

Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, signed Senate Bill 334, which bars people from manufacturing, selling, buying, receiving, or transferring guns defined as “machine gun convertible pistols.”