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 ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Criminals are turning one of the world's most popular handguns into what prosecutors are calling a machine gun. They do it by using a tiny, but incredibly dangerous, attachment called a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This Glock pistol with an extended magazine was found near a suspect fatally shot by Indianapolis Metropolitan Police earlier this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Jorge Leon invented at the age of 22 a small device that turns Glock pistols into fully automatic weapons, he said he ...

SEATTLE — ATF agents are warning that a small device used to illegally modify handguns is responsible for the disturbing trend of more rounds being discharged during shootings in western Washington.

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 Attorney ...

A Glock pistol with an illegal conversion device, sometimes referred to as a Glock switch. The small piece, which is illegal and not manufactured by Glock, can convert a semi-automatic pistol into a ...

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 ...

When a suspect killed Brackenridge Police Chief Justin McIntire in January 2023, authorities said he used a converted pistol that could spray bullets at a rate of dozens per second. That didn’t stop ...