Handguns and rifles illegally modified with devices called “Glock switches” to become machine guns have proliferated, officials say. The devices are tiny, cheap and easy to install.

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 thirty-plus rounds in seconds.

The Glock 17 was introduced to the world in 1982. Though many questioned the pistol’s polymer frame and hammerless fire control system, it has become the most recognized and popular defensive ...

Attorneys general in Minnesota and New Jersey sued Glock on Thursday, accusing the company of making handguns that are easily modified to fire as illegal machine guns through a cheap add-on known ...

New legislation introduced in Congress this week takes aim at already illegal gun modification devices that can convert semi-automatic weapons into fully-automatic weapons. The devices, also known ...

news Crime. Feds crack down on cheap parts, sold online, that illegally turn pistols into machine guns Karo Khudanyan, 24, is one of three North Texans accused of owning the converter “switches ...

The City of Chicago has filed a lawsuit against the Glock firearm manufacturer over easy, cheap and illegal full-auto gun conversion devices.

Attorneys general in Minnesota and New Jersey sued Glock on Thursday, accusing the company of making handguns that are easily modified to fire as illegal machine guns through a cheap add-on known ...

"Glock is in violation of several Minnesota laws." Updated, 12/12/2024, 3:45 p.m. ET: This article has been updated to clarify what SAFE is. Request Reprint & Licensing Submit Correction View ...