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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When a suspect killed Brackenridge Police Chief Justin McIntire in January 2023, authorities said he used a converted pistol that could spray bullets at a rate of dozens per second. That didn’t stop ...

NEWARK — 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. New Jersey ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison says his office is suing Georgia-based weapon manufacturer Glock Inc. for turning a "blind eye, again and again" to the carnage in recent ...

Glock switches are placed on Glock handguns, making them fully automatic. Authorities said having the switch can carry a 10-year prison sentence and a $250,000 fine. When converted, the converted ...