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NJ AG Subpoenas Glock Dealers to Build Secret Owner Registry

Matt Platkin can't ban Glock outright—so he's demanding dealer records to harvest names, addresses, and purchase histories on every law-abiding buyer.

WTF News June 6, 2026 📖 2 min read

This is not a criminal investigation. There is no suspect, no crime scene, no probable cause. There is only a hostile attorney general who wants a list of names.

Platkin's office issued subpoenas demanding sales records from Glock dealers across New Jersey. If those records land in Trenton, the state gets names, home addresses, and purchase histories on every law-abiding owner who bought one. **That is a registry. Call it what it is.**

Glock is not some niche product. It is the firearm of choice for millions of American civilians and the majority of U.S. law enforcement agencies. Targeting Glock dealers is a calculated move: when you cannot ban the gun outright, you surveil everyone who owns one and make the buying process feel dangerous.

That chilling effect is the whole point. Make dealers afraid to sell. Make buyers afraid to purchase. And harvest the data on everyone who already did. All of it financed by New Jersey taxpayers.

The NRA-ILA and Second Amendment Foundation are already in the fight, warning that this data grab is a blueprint for doxxing Glock owners statewide. But here is what should keep you up at night: Platkin is running this as part of a coordinated, multi-state legal offensive—one that anti-gun attorneys general across the country are watching as a **replicable model**.

Your state's AG is taking notes right now.

NRA-ILA and SAF need resources and constituent pressure to kill this before it spreads. New Jersey gun owners must contact their state legislators immediately and demand this subpoena campaign be defunded and shut down.

**Bottom line:** Matt Platkin is weaponizing the legal system against Glock owners because the legislature wouldn't give him a ban. Those dealer records are a registry in everything but name—and once Trenton has them, you will never get them back. Watch this case. It is the anti-gun playbook for 2025 and beyond.

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