Glock switches — tiny devices that turn pistols into machine guns — are on the rise in Ohio and across the country. Some are used by backyard gun enthusiasts. Others are used by criminals.

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 ...

Law enforcement has tied the so-called "Glock switch" to a rise in violence across ... "We have been prosecuting dozens of people that have been using these, possessing these illegal machine ...

As of March 19, 2025, possession of a Glock switch could now result in a prison ... will result in a more efficient apprehension of people in possession of Glock switches. But advocates say ...

Jesse Fraga The switch’s fast rate of speed can lead to multiple people being shot in a short period of time. Batchelor said he suspects a Glock switch was used when seven people were shot ...

Eight people in ... of obtaining Glock switches from China and then using social media to advertise and sell modified weapons, officials said in a press release. A Glock switch, also known as ...

After Sunday's mass shooting at an illegal block party on Rossini Street, police recovered multiple firearms, including one 'Glock switch." Twenty-one people were shot on Rossini. A man and a ...

for a person to own or sell the combination of parts that create a Glock switch. The legislation does not apply to law enforcement or people who register their firearms with the National Firearms ...

SUMTER, S.C. — Two people were arrested after several firearms and multiple “Glock switch” components were seized from a Sumter home earlier this week. The Sumter Police Department ...

Austin “Mop Sossa” Hudson, 23, of Starkville, pleaded guilty in December 2024 to possession and transfer of a “Glock switch,” a ... Hudson was one of five people arrested and charged ...