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[[File:Glock 18C.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|A Glock 18 for reference, denoted by the slide-mounted fire selector]] |
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[[File:Glock 18C.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|A Glock 18 for reference, denoted by the slide-mounted fire selector]] |
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A '''Glock switch'''[{{Cite news |date=21 June 2022 |title=What is a Glock Switch? How a small device turns handguns into machine guns |url=https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/what-is-a-glock-switch-how-a-small-device-turns-handguns-into-machine-guns |access-date=7 November 2023 |publisher=[[WJBK]] |location=Detroit |language=en-US}}][{{Cite news |last=Peterson |first=Beatrice |date=7 November 2023 |title=Capitol police find gun with 'giggle switch' after armed men crash into barricade |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/2-armed-men-arrested-after-crashing-stolen-car/story?id=104667834 |access-date=7 November 2023 |publisher=ABC News |language=en}}][{{Cite AV media |title=Giggle Switch Worthy of my Index Finger |date=2 September 2020 |publisher=Lena Miculek - Trigger Tribe |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyXoHXWTins |access-date=7 November 2023 |language=en |via=YouTube |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108034813/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyXoHXWTins|archive-date=8 November 2023}} Jerry Miculek - Pro Shooter.][{{cite news |last=Jackman |first=Tom |title=Md., Baltimore sue Glock over device enabling machine-gun fire |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/12/glock-automatic-sear-lawsuit-maryland/ |access-date=19 June 2025 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=12 February 2025}}] is a small device that can be attached to the rear of the [[gun slide|slide]] of a [[Glock]] [[handgun]], changing the [[semi-automatic pistol]] into a [[machine pistol]] capable of [[Automatic firearm|fully automatic]] fire. Glock does not manufacture switches to be attached to their firearms, nor do they design their firearms with the intent of having machine gun conversion devices installed. They are aftermarket parts manufactured and sold illegally through the [[black market]] or make at home using a [[3D printer]].[{{cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdin/pr/evansville-felon-sentenced-seven-years-federal-prison-3d-printing-ghost-gun-and-dozens}}] |
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A '''Glock switch'''[{{Cite news |date=21 June 2022 |title=What is a Glock Switch? How a small device turns handguns into machine guns |url=https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/what-is-a-glock-switch-how-a-small-device-turns-handguns-into-machine-guns |access-date=7 November 2023 |publisher=[[WJBK]] |location=Detroit |language=en-US}}][{{Cite news |last=Peterson |first=Beatrice |date=7 November 2023 |title=Capitol police find gun with 'giggle switch' after armed men crash into barricade |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/2-armed-men-arrested-after-crashing-stolen-car/story?id=104667834 |access-date=7 November 2023 |publisher=ABC News |language=en}}][{{Cite AV media |title=Giggle Switch Worthy of my Index Finger |date=2 September 2020 |publisher=Lena Miculek - Trigger Tribe |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyXoHXWTins |access-date=7 November 2023 |language=en |via=YouTube |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108034813/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyXoHXWTins|archive-date=8 November 2023}} Jerry Miculek - Pro Shooter.][{{cite news |last=Jackman |first=Tom |title=Md., Baltimore sue Glock over device enabling machine-gun fire |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/12/glock-automatic-sear-lawsuit-maryland/ |access-date=19 June 2025 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=12 February 2025}}] is a small device that can be attached to the rear of the [[gun slide|slide]] of a [[Glock]] [[handgun]], changing the [[semi-automatic pistol]] into a [[machine pistol]] capable of [[Automatic firearm|fully automatic]] fire. Glock does not manufacture switches to be attached to their firearms, nor do they design their firearms with the intent of having machine gun conversion devices installed. They are aftermarket parts manufactured and sold illegally through the [[black market]] or made at home using a [[3D printer]].[{{cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdin/pr/evansville-felon-sentenced-seven-years-federal-prison-3d-printing-ghost-gun-and-dozens}}] |
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As a type of [[auto sear]], it functions by applying force to the [[trigger bar]] to prevent it from limiting fire to one round of ammunition per trigger pull. This device by itself, regardless of whether it is installed on a slide or not, is classified by the [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives]] (ATF) as a machine gun, making possession of the device illegal in the United States under most circumstances.[{{cite web |title=27 CFR 179.11: Meaning of Terms |publisher=[[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives]] |url=https://www.atf.gov/file/11236/download |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240801234017/https://www.atf.gov/file/11236/download |archive-date=1 August 2024 |url-status=live}}] |
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As a type of [[auto sear]], it functions by applying force to the [[trigger bar]] to prevent it from limiting fire to one round of ammunition per trigger pull. This device by itself, regardless of whether it is installed on a slide or not, is classified by the [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives]] (ATF) as a machine gun, making possession of the device illegal in the United States under most circumstances.[{{cite web |title=27 CFR 179.11: Meaning of Terms |publisher=[[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives]] |url=https://www.atf.gov/file/11236/download |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240801234017/https://www.atf.gov/file/11236/download |archive-date=1 August 2024 |url-status=live}}] |
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