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 ...

Court documents claim the founder of Glock, Inc., Gaston Glock, marketed his new Glock 17 pistol by installing an auto sear and firing it with fully automatic bursts during a demonstration in ...

A man was caught outside the Pentagon with a loaded Glock handgun and a "selector switch" rendering it "fully automatic," according to federal prosecutors, along with 14 pounds of marijuana. The ...

Gun maker Glock sued by NJ over $20 ‘switch’ that can turn handguns into machine guns By . Reuters. Published Dec. 12, 2024. Updated Dec. 12, 2024, 6:46 p.m. ET.

Officers said that they found a black 9mm Glock 17 with a “giggle” switch attached to it. The giggle switch attachment allows the shooter to fire multiple rounds of ammunition with a single ...

A Glock switch is a small gadget that can be attached to the back of certain handguns, usually Glocks, according to the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (FOX 44) – A Glock 19 with a switch has been seized in a College Station traffic stop, in addition to narcotics. College Station Police say 19-year-old Joe John Andrade ...

In August 2022, a Franklin man was federally charged with manufacturing machine guns after investigators said he was 3D printing firearms and Glock switches that he sold to an undercover agent.

Interestingly, when the U.S. military launched its XM17 Modular Handgun System competition in 2015 to find a sidearm to replace the aging Beretta M9, Glock sent neither a Glock 17 nor a Glock 19 as ...

An ATF agent shows a 3D-printed Glock switch in February 2022 in Houston. Many states are outlawing auto switches, which increase the ability of a handgun to fire rounds at a high rate.

It’s a bit like the Glock 17, but has a switch to change between semi-auto and full-auto firing. This big difference is actually due to a very simple mechanic.