New York may become the first state to bar gun companies from selling pistols that can easily be converted into machine guns.

A proposed law , introduced Tuesday by Democratic state Sen. Zellnor Myrie, takes aim squarely at Glock. The Austrian company, whose polymer-framed pistols have played a dominant role in the handgun market since the 1980s, has faced growing criticism from gun safety groups for declining to modify a design that easily converts into an automatic weapon.

Any business operating in New York State must take basic responsibility for its behavior in the marketplace, Myrie said in a press release. When an industry knows the harm its products are causing, but refuses to take meaningful steps to prevent it, government must step up to protect New Yorkers.

If the bill passes, gun dealers who continue to sell easily convertible pistols could face felony charges.