Glock switches turns handguns into machine weapons
Glock switches flip handguns into machine weapons, and Columbus police are seeing extra of them
Doral Chenoweth, The Columbus Dispatch
“Glock switches,” small gadgets able to turning nearly any handgun right into a machine gun, are more and more being discovered amongst seized firearms within the Phoenix space, in response to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.
“Our proactive instances, whether or not undercover, historic, or different forms of investigations, are more and more uncovering these machine gun conversion gadgets,” mentioned Particular Agent in Cost Brendan Iber.
Iber defined that these switches, roughly the dimensions of 1 / 4 and comprised of metallic or plastic, have turn into simpler to accumulate as a result of rise of 3-D printing and widespread on-line ordering.
“Particularly within the final 5 years, these gadgets have turn into readily and simply obtainable,” Iber mentioned. “Relying in your 3D printer’s pace, it takes a median of 40 minutes to print certainly one of these machine gun conversion gadgets.”
Iber famous that these gadgets have turn into extra frequent amongst juveniles lately.
“It’s regarding as a result of we’re seeing youthful and youthful juveniles concerned in violent crimes,” Iber mentioned.
Along with collaborating with native police departments to hint the sources of Glock switches, the bureau is partnering with libraries and colleges to lift consciousness concerning the potential misuse of 3D printers to provide these gadgets.
Underneath Arizona regulation, the gadgets are unlawful when connected to a firearm, whereas federal regulation criminalizes possession of the system even when unattached, with penalties of as much as 10 years in jail.
