Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A "switch," also known as a conversion device, or sear, or "giggle switch," as displayed by ATF, with an imprint falsely ...

EVANSVILLE –– Just months after Vanderburgh County set up what it called a Crime Gun Intelligence Center, officials claim the agency helped seize more than 60 “machine gun conversion devices” and an ...

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 ...

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Local and regional law enforcement officials are supporting a bill that would create a state criminal penalty for possessing devices that convert handguns into automatic weapons.

The FBI says machine gun conversion devices, or switches, are on the rise in Wisconsin – and becoming part of daily investigations. A switch is an illegal device that can turn a regular semi-automatic ...

SLIDELL, La. — They are illegal, deadly, and federal agents are finding them on the streets of New Orleans and Jefferson Parish. According to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, criminals are ...

A half-inch piece of plastic is making Texas much more dangerous. It’s called a machine gun conversion device, or “switch.” Switches transform regular handguns, which require a separate trigger pull ...

Two Boston men accused of selling a dozen machine gun conversion devices, also known as “switches,” were indicted by a federal grand jury Monday. Elijah Navarro, 24, and Michael Wilkerson, 22, are ...

A Peoria, Illinois, man, Anthony Q. Johnson, 19, of the 1100 block of North Flora Avenue, was sentenced on August 2 to 50 months in federal prison for possessing a handgun equipped with a “Glock ...

Local and federal law enforcement agencies in Kentucky are supporting a House bill that would restrict the possession and use of switch attachments for guns.