More states are enacting bans on "Glock switches," small devices about the size of a U.S. quarter that can turn semiautomatic ...

Northwest and south Macon had the most shootings that involved an automatic weapon in 2024, according to a map of hot spots ...

Suplina described switch-enabled pistols ... shooter can empty a typical Glock magazine of 15 to 17 rounds in less than two seconds. Support for Alabama’s ban was propelled in part by what police said ...

Lawmakers in both states — one led by Democrats, the other by Republicans — responded this year with new laws making so-called Glock switches ... referred to as auto sears, selector switches ...

Darrius Harris, also known as "D" and "D2," pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in Kansas City, Missouri, to possessing ...

A North Charleston man was arrested and charged with possession of a machine gun Saturday after a North Charleston police ...

ALABAMA: The Alabama Senate voted 28-0 in February to advance a ban on Glock switches and other ... or sale of a switch or auto sear device designed, made, or adapted for the purpose of converting ...

Glock switches - also known as auto sears or a button or a giggle switch - can unleash 20 rounds per second or 1,200 rounds a minute. Up until the new Alabama law, the federal government ...

The 1-inch square mechanism, known as an auto sear or Glock switch, is increasingly found in the hands of teenagers and young adults, according to Maj. Jason Batchelor, who leads the sheriff’s ...

But both are among the growing number of states bridging the partisan divide to ban “Glock switches,” a cheap ... sometimes called auto-sears. New Mexico’s governor signed a similar ban ...

States are mimicking federal law, which for decades has generally prohibited machine guns and any parts that can transform semiautomatic weapons into automatic ... A Glock switch is one type ...