A "switch," also known as a conversion device, or sear, or "giggle switch," as displayed by ATF, with an imprint falsely suggesting it was made by Glock. The switch converts a semiautomatic handgun or ...

EVANSVILLE –– Just months after Vanderburgh County set up what it called a Crime Gun Intelligence Center, officials claim the agency helped seize more than 60 “machine gun conversion devices” and an ...

A machine gun conversion device for a Glock hand gun was in custody of the ATF Boston Bureau. (John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Just weeks before he was killed along with ...

Earlier this month, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced an initiative to help combat the alarming proliferation of machine gun conversion devices (MCDs), commonly referred to as ...

SEEING A RISE IN DANGEROUS GUN ALTERING EQUIPMENT COMMONLY KNOWN AS GLOCKS SWITCHES. THE PARTS CAN TURN A WEAPON FULLY AUTOMATIC. THEY’RE ILLEGAL, BUT CRIMINALS ARE STILL GETTING THEM. KETV NEWSWATCH ...

The FBI says machine gun conversion devices, or switches, are on the rise in Wisconsin – and becoming part of daily investigations. A switch is an illegal device that can turn a regular semi-automatic ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department officials are turning to the 3D-printing industry to help stop the proliferation of tiny pieces of plastic transforming weapons into illegal homemade machine guns ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Micah Moore was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in federal prison for making homemade machine gun conversion devices using a 3D printer at his Indianapolis home. The 31-year-old was arrested ...

IDAHO, USA — U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit issued a statement on warning people from having machine-gun conversion devices. The gun conversions are also called auto-sears or switches. "Glock switches and ...