ST PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is suing gun manufacturer Glock, Inc., claiming the company has known for decades how easily its semi-automatic handguns could be converted to ...

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 ...

'Year to date, we've recovered approximately 50 Glock switches off the street, and half of those have been used in violent crime.' (WXYZ) — It's commonly called a ...

Glock switches — tiny devices that turn pistols into machine guns — are on the rise in Ohio and across the country. Some are used by backyard gun enthusiasts. Others are used by criminals. A Glock ...

Special Agent Kenton Weston holding two Glock handgun slides, one with a machine gun conversion switch, right, and one without, during a demonstration at the Canton Police Department training facility ...

NEWARK — New Jersey and Minnesota sued Glock on Thursday, calling on the gunmaker to stop selling firearms that can be adapted with dime-sized switches to fire up to 1,200 rounds a minute. New Jersey ...

When Jorge Leon invented at the age of 22 a small device that turns Glock pistols into fully automatic weapons, he said he intended it to be used for the good of society, to help the military and ...

A Lego-sized tool that turns an ordinary handgun into an automatic machine gun-like weapon is commonly used in Macon shootings, according to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office. The 1-inch square ...

Austrian gunmaker Glock is discontinuing many of its widely-owned models amid lawsuits seeking millions of dollars and legislation limiting availability of the popular firearms. The gunmaker confirmed ...