"Glock switches," small devices capable of turning almost any handgun into a machine gun, are increasingly being found among seized firearms in the Phoenix area, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, ...

A tiny, cheap device known as a "Glock switch" or a "machine gun conversion device" allows criminals to convert a handgun into a machine gun and unleash 30-plus rounds in seconds, federal authorities ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - A 20-year-old Tri-State man pleaded guilty to illegally owning a fully automatic weapon in federal court on Friday. Damarian Boyd owned a 3D-printed Glock switch, a device that ...

HOUSTON – Investigators from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are on a mission to train law enforcement agencies nationwide on how to spot illegally manufactured machine guns ...

A "Glock switch," as seen at the Columbus Police Academy in April. The small device can be attached to the rear of the slide of a handgun, converting the semi-automatic pistol into a machine gun ...

A teenager in Detroit was arrested after his house was raided in a 3D-printed gun sting, CBS News reports, amid a federal crackdown into illegal weapons parts produced with consumer fabrication tech.

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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 ...

DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) -- A raid at the house in Detroit may have stopped several so-called ghost guns from hitting the streets after uncovering an illegal 3D-printed gun operation. The operation was ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- A man police said had an altered Glock pistol in his car pleaded not guilty in Washington County Circuit Court on Monday to possessing a machine gun. Kaedon Drake Moubarak, 19, of ...