The law, which goes into effect immediately, targets devices that turn semiautomatic handguns into makeshift machine guns.

Alabama has banned gun conversion devices that have the ability to convert semi-automatic pistols into fully automatic ...

More commonly called "glock switches" for pistols or "auto sears" for rifles like AR-15s, machine gun conversion devices are ...

Hours after the bill was signed, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin issued a direct warning to what he called the “switch boys” ...

A 35-year-old Charleston man has been sentenced to nearly 10 years in federal prison for possessing illegal “ghost guns” and ...

Governor Kay Ivey put pen to paper Wednesday to make Glock switches illegal. The device can be deadly and was found at ...

Jimmy Franklin King, Jr., 35 of Charleston, has been sentenced to nine years and seven months in federal prison for possessing seven weapons as a felon, many of which were unregistered and untraceable ...

Alabama lawmakers approved a ban on Glock switches and other conversion devices that convert semi-automatic weapons into ...

Alabama may soon have a new law banning certain gun devices. The Alabama Senate passed an amended bill Tuesday, March 18, ...

Those devices, some called "Glock switches," can be installed on handguns to automatically fire more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single pull of the trigger.

Alabama has banned gun conversion devices that have the ability to convert semi-automatic pistols into fully automatic weapons. The conversion devices, sometimes referred to as Glock switches ...

A charleston man has been arrested afterJimmy Franklin King, Jr., 35 of Charleston, has been sentenced to 115 months in ...