accusing the company of making handguns that are easily modified to fire as illegal machine guns through a cheap add-on known as a “Glock switch.” The lawsuits said the $20 switches transform ...

Some are used by backyard gun enthusiasts. Others are used by criminals. A Glock switch is a gadget about the size of a thimble that can be plugged into the back of certain semi-automatic handguns ...

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A tiny, cheap device known as a "Glock switch" or a "machine gun conversion device" allows criminals to convert a handgun into a machine gun and unleash 30-plus rounds in seconds, federal ...

Before speaking at a Boys & Girls Club in New Jersey's largest city, Platkin's office played a video of a law enforcement officer demonstrating how to use the Glock switch. The video shows an ...

Credit: AP/Alex Brandon A Glock switch is one type of a machine gun conversion device. It's a metal or plastic piece, about the size of a coin, that attaches to the back of Glock pistol ...

A Jackson Police Department officer is safe after an individual pointed a gun equipped with an illegal Glock switch at him while he was sitting in his patrol car. The incident occurred on April ...

The shooting, which left four dead and 17 injured, is just the latest spurt of mass violence made possible by the small part known as a “conversion device,” “Glock switch” or “auto sear.” ...

But both are among the growing number of states bridging the partisan divide to ban “Glock switches,” a cheap ... Suplina described switch-enabled pistols as more lethal and chaotic than ...

As of March 19, 2025, possession of a Glock switch could now result in a prison sentence of up to 10 years. “State law gives a local tool to our Birmingham police that, when they capture someone ...

During the stop, law enforcement found a Glock pistol inside the vehicle. A switch, a machine gun device, was attached to the weapon. The ATF and Gautier Police Department investigated the case.