Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and many lawmakers are supporting a ban on Glock switches and other conversion devices that make ...

Communities across the country have seen deadly shootings carried out with the conversion devices, small pieces of metal or plastic, which can be purchased online or made with 3D printers.

Police have arrested a Pawtucket man after hundreds of packets of fentanyl were uncovered in his apartment Wednesday, ...

Officials say Aden Cantu, 21, was selling firearms with conversion devices that turned semi-automatic weapons into machine ...

1 through Dec. 31, 2024. The agency said it stopped 155 shipments containing 354 Glock switches — which modify semiautomatic weapons to make them fully automatic — between January and June.

Kay Ivey and many lawmakers from both parties are backing a proposed ban on so-called Glock switches and other conversion devices that make semi-automatic weapons fire like machine guns.

Pistol automatic fire conversion switches, also known as “Glock switches,” are devices that can convert standard semi-automatic handguns into fully automatic firearms. The devices allow users ...