As of March 19, 2025, possession of a Glock switch could now result in a prison sentence of up to 10 years. “State law gives a local tool to our Birmingham police that, when they capture someone ...

Credit: AP/Alex Brandon A Glock switch is one type of a machine gun conversion device. It's a metal or plastic piece, about the size of a coin, that attaches to the back of Glock pistol ...

In New Mexico, police and prosecutors backed an effort to outlaw devices that convert pistols into machine guns. In Alabama, the governor made it a priority. Lawmakers in both states — one led ...

Birmingham's mayor says Alabama's ban on Glock switches "gives a local tool" for police and prosecutors, with violators facing up to 10 years in prison. Operation Flip the Switch is a Birmingham ...

Kylen “KTM Prime” Ingram, 22, of Starkville, pleaded guilty in December 2024 to possession and transfer of a “Glock switch,” which is a device that converts a semi-automatic handgun to ...

A second teen has been charged in Birmingham for being in illegal possession of a Glock switch. The Birmingham Police Department reports Special Enforcement Team arrested the 17-year-old boy ...

45 handgun with a Glock switch at a high school football game. The man pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a deadly weapon in a school safety zone, accepting a plea deal that dismissed other ...

Nearly all conversion devices are illegal because they were made more recently. A Glock switch is one type of a machine gun conversion device. It's a metal or plastic piece, about the size of a ...