Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin has called on Alabama legislators to ban gun conversion devices such as Glock switches, especially after a Sept. 21 mass shooting at the Hush Lounge in Birmingham’s ...
The Birmingham City Council is urging state lawmakers to strengthen Alabama’s gun laws, particularly state laws surrounding conversion devices.
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 ...
Platkin said at the Thursday press conference that Glock has been aware of the ability to switch its handguns to semi-automatic weapons for a long time. Government officials and attorneys general ...
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a lawsuit on Thursday against gun manufacturer Glock, claiming it has been manufacturing, marketing, and selling semi-automatic handguns that can ...
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey and Minnesota sued Glock on Thursday, calling on the gunmaker to stop selling firearms that can be adapted with dime-sized switches to fire up to 1,200 rounds a ...
Platkin said Glock is profiting by continuing to sell the adaptable version in U.S. markets, even as they make and sell handguns in Europe that cannot accommodate such a switch. Also known as ...
"A switch enables a Glock to automatically fire up to 1,200 rounds per minute," Attorney General Matt Platkin said at a news conference Thursday in Newark. NJ Spotlight News is available to stream ...