Minnesota and New Jersey sue Glock for selling handguns as easily convertible machine guns

www.jurist.org Minnesota and New Jersey sue Glock for selling handguns as easily convertible machine guns

Minnesota and New Jersey sued Glock, Inc. (Glock) and its parent company Glock Ges.m.b.H. in their respective states on Thursday for selling semi-automatic handguns that are easily convertible to mach...

Minnesota and New Jersey sued Glock, Inc. (Glock) and its parent company Glock Ges.m.b.H. in their respective states on Thursday for selling semi-automatic handguns that are easily convertible to machine guns.

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I mean they aren't "military grade machine guns", but I was startled when I saw how easy the modification is. I couldn't guess if the gun is cheap or otherwise just common, or if it's somehow especially vulnerable to this kind of change. Does anyone know?
- Buddy all you need to turn a semi-automatic firearm into an automatic firearm is $0.10 of steel and a little machining knowledge
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_sear
  
  I have a CNC machine and it's probably the most requested part from strangers when I tell them. The amount of people out there actively looking to turn their AR15 into a M4 is disturbing.
  
  Giggle switch
- What is funny is the Glock switch takes advantage of a safety feature of a Glock to make it fire full auto.
  I'm not going to go into further detail, but if you understand how they function and their safety mechanisms, it is pretty easy to see how the switch works.
  Other handguns are much harder to convert to controllable full auto.
  
  Thank you very much, that answers my question. I'll look up a diagram!
  
  Look at an animated cutaway.

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