Columbus Police Sgt. Brett Slaughter holds a "switch" used to turn a handgun into a machine gun. He said the devices are not legal in the United States, but the Police have taken more than two dozen ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Jorge Leon invented at the age of 22 a small device that turns Glock pistols into fully automatic weapons, he said he ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Kentucky police are calling for a ban on “Glock switches”, devices that can turn standard handguns ...

In 1987, a 22-year-old Venezuelan named Jorge Leon invented a small metal insert that could turn the Glock 17 semi-automatic pistol into a fully automatic machine gun with the flick of a switch. Leon ...

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 minute.

ST PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is suing gun manufacturer Glock, Inc., claiming the company has known for decades how easily its semi-automatic handguns could be converted to ...

A Glock pistol with an illegal conversion device, sometimes referred to as a Glock switch. The small piece, which is illegal and not manufactured by Glock, can convert a semi-automatic pistol into a ...

A man pleaded guilty Monday in Las Vegas to possessing a pistol that was illegally converted into a machine gun. Saying he wanted to put the case behind him, Alfonzo Lee Womack, 29, appeared before ...