Local and federal officials say the new law will will help make Birmingham safer, but advocates say it will take more than a ...

FILE - A semi-automatic pistol with a conversion device installed making it fully automatic is fired as four empty shell ...

Around 4:45, officers were investigating a suspicious vehicle on 9th Terrace North when they took the boy into custody.

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed a bill making the possession of a “Glock switch” illegal in the state of Alabama.

Gun Owners of America, another gun-rights group, contends people should have a Second Amendment right to own machine guns.

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

The Birmingham Police Department says Special Enforcement Team (SET) officers arrested a 15-year-old boy who was in ...

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

The Alabama Senate passed Senate Bill 116, making the possession of Glock switches—a device that converts handguns into fully ...

The bill’s enactment follows ongoing advocacy to ban Glock Switches by the Big 10 Mayors. In February, the Mayors joined Gov.