Glock Switch
Posted on 12/06/2023 12:27:42 PM PST by Twotone
The earsplitting, heart-stopping roar of fully automatic weapons hasn’t been often heard on America’s streets since Congress largely outlawed them in 1934. But now it’s back, owing to a small device that is easily plugged into certain handguns and rifles, converting semiautomatic firearms into guns capable of firing 20 bullets in one second — with one pull of the trigger.
In Sacramento last year, a handgun converted into a machine gun was used during a gun battle that left six dead, in what has been called Sacramento’s deadliest mass shooting. In Minneapolis, eight people were wounded in August amid a spray of 40 bullets fired in just seconds. In 2021, a Houston police officer was killed and another wounded by a suspect with a pistol equipped with the device.
And in D.C.’s NoMa neighborhood in August last year, a drug dealer who was shot at returned fire with 24 shots in one burst along North Capitol Street, authorities said. His target, a car that had been used in a drive-by shooting, sped away, while two people were wounded, according to court records.
“It’s incredibly scary,” said Matthew M. Graves, the District’s U.S. attorney, citing the rising number of conversion devices found in the city in recent years. There were 27 guns recovered with the devices in 2021. The number rose to 119 last year, and, as of late October, the number was more than 150, Graves said. Police often find extended magazines attached to the guns, to hold more than the standard 12 or 13 bullets contained in most magazines, and they have even seized round drum magazines, which can hold 50 or more bullets.
“We have no shortage, unfortunately, of crime scenes where we have strong reason to believe...that one of these devices was used,” Graves said.
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Ban assault Democrats now!
Well Duh, make them illegal and they will all go away!
Devices? It’s a simple switch of the sear, a literal drop in. I saw an Ingram Mac 10 go full auto at a arsonal sponsored demo once, the “device” was a piece of bent coat hanger.
The author writes like an underweight, skinny-jeans wearing, limpwristed faggot. I bet he has never heard automatic weapons fire.
My local gun range has an automatic weapon for rent. It sort of looks like a machine gun but I’m not sure what model it is. Mostly tourists rent it. I was in there one day when a family from Md was enjoying some range time with it. Zip..zip 50 rounds down range in a few seconds. They were giggling. All I could think of is much money they were spraying around.
A lot came from China.
Buddy manages a gun store, and had multiple people try to sell glocks with them on.
Yep, full-auto instead of burst control is a quick way to run out of ammo and still have bad guys targeting you.
Modern organized crime and illicit drugs....as it was in the ‘30s, with bootleg liquor and the Mob.
All you have to do is ████ ████ the ████ ███.
You left out "man bun" and "fanny pack".
You don’t even have to swap out anything. Read post #10 between the lines.
So, can I buy a full auto switch at Home Depot, Lowes, ACE hdw, harbor freight?
Oh yeah. Don’t concern yourself with the 100,000+/- ODs per year.
Glock Switch
most of them will probably run
But machine guns are still illegal without the proper paperwork: ten years in prison and $250,000 fine.
Think about that.
>>a quick way to run out of ammo
So basically a conversion to single-shot?
Aim for the bad guy’s right foot?
So, they admit that they are not prosecuting criminals for crimes committed with a gun, then, they're surprised that those same criminals commit more crimes with guns.🤔
A few months ago, police in Chicago picked up 5 "teens",15-16 years old, all carrying Glocks with switches.
None were prosecuted, but turned over to their parent(s) or guardians.
Much safer for the feds to go after a law abiding gun owner that legally purchased a solvent trap, 80% reveiver or a brace.
it is not even fully automatic. It is more like slam fire. Once you pull the trigger, it will slam fire into the magazine is empty. Easing the trigger will not stop the slide.
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