“Glock could have designed its pistols to prevent auto sears from working — they chose not to. That choice costs lives.” Automatic sears are small pieces of metal or plastic that can be ...

In an attempt to keep fully automatic guns off the streets, Baltimore and Maryland authorities Wednesday sued Glock, the maker of some of the best-selling handguns in America. The lawsuit demands ...

Machine guns are not protected under the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled last ...

Maryland leaders want to ban semi-automatic weapons that can be made fully-automatic with "switches", or auto-sear attachments.

Brown and Scott allege in the lawsuit that Glock endangers and harms public health and safety in Maryland by manufacturing and selling semi-automatic pistols to Maryland civilians, which can easily be ...

Often referred to as Glock switches or auto sears, the conversion devices can be bought for about $20 or 3D-printed. They’ve received heightened attention in recent years because they’re ...

The effort targets Glock for selling semiautomatic pistols to Maryland civilians that can easily be converted into illegal weapons with an auto sear — a small device more commonly known as a ...

Authorities said owners of Glock semiautomatic pistols can easily install "auto sears," also known as Glock switches, that make the weapons more lethal, capable of firing 1,200 rounds a minute.

“Auto sears for Glock pistols have been around almost as long as the pistols themselves,” attorney Michael L. Rice wrote for Glock in October. Rice noted that Chicago “claims that because ...