More commonly called "glock switches" for pistols or "auto sears" for rifles like AR-15s, machine gun conversion devices are ...

Mobile County District Attorney Keith Blackwood says the new law will help streamline the judicial process by getting ...

Before the bill was signed, Glock switches were only illegal federally. Now, anyone with the conversion device can be charged both federally and in the state.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Governor Kay Ivey signed Senate Bill 116 on Wednesday, imposing a state ban on illegal machine gun ...

The devices, sometimes referred to as Glock switches, enable handguns to act like machine guns, firing more than one shot with a single pull of the trigger.

The legislation makes it a state crime to possess the devices, which turn semi-automatic firearms into automatic ones.

The Alabama Senate has passed Senate Bill 116, making the possession of Glock switches—a device that converts handguns into ...