Tag: GLOCK SWITCH

A Montgomery man will spend 20 months in prison after pleading guilty to illegal possession of a machinegun.

A man charged with federal gun crimes pleaded guilty after U.S Marshals and Pell City Police officers arrested him last year.

The Alabama Legislature is one step closer to passing a “Glock switch” bill that would create a state prohibition on conversion devices, which are already against federal law.

With violent crime on the rise in several major Alabama municipalities, the legislature is taking a hard stand against machine gun conversion devices that the federal government already outlaws.

During his weekly appearance on Huntsville radio WVNN's "The Dale Jackson Show," State Sen. Sam Givhan (R-Huntsville) said while he did not think there would be much opposition to a state ban on so-called Glock switches, it was distracting from a gang problem in the city of Birmingham.

Ahead of an event for the Alabama Bankers Association at The Club in Birmingham, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) spoke with the media about the push in Alabama to ban Glock switches after one was reportedly used over the weekend in a shooting that left four dead and 17 others injured.

Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin said he wanted to work with the state to ban such devices and give police the tools they need to get killers off the street, regardless of what people think about Second Amendment rights.

State Rep. Phillip Ensler (D-Montgomery) has re-filed a piece of bipartisan legislation for the upcoming 2025 legislative session after an identical bill fizzled in the statehouse in 2024.

The man accused in the New Year’s Eve Moon Pie Drop shooting in Mobile was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison.

Law enforcement officials across Alabama have seen an increase in illegal modifications on pistols for years, but the Glock switch modification has recently become a top concern. A Glock switch is a tiny device placed on a Glock semi-automatic pistol to make it function as a fully automatic firearm.