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

The Birmingham mayor, who lost a brother and nephew in shootings, has expressed frustration over gun violence in his city.

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

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

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

Those devices, some called "Glock switches," can be installed on handguns to automatically fire more than one shot, without ...

Governor Kay Ivey signed Senate Bill 116 on Wednesday, enacting a state ban on illegal machine gun conversion devices in ...

Before the bill was signed, Glock switches were only illegal federally. Now, anyone with the conversion device can be charged both federally and in the state.

Woodfin said the Crime Stoppers program would facilitate $1,000 rewards for the arrest of people caught in posession of gun ...

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

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 ...