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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It’s pretty easy to convert most firearms to full auto as long as you have even a little mechanical knowledge, and some basic cnc tooling.
The cnc tooling raises the entry bar, but you absolutely can do the same things with a $50 trip to a hardware store. It just takes longer and more elbow grease.
I guess my point is, if you’re gonna do this, you should go after the whole industry.
Yes, I am aware how easy glock modification is. If I had a glock (I dislike hammerless) the theoretically I could 3d print a “giggle switch” and within a few hours of hitting “print” I would have what I need.
But whether it’s 3 hours or 3 days of work, it’s still possible.
So again, if you do this, please go after all of them.
(note, I hold the opinions that gun control needs to be drastically overhauled and my lgbtq+ friends and neighbors should arm themselves in places like the US and learn how to use your firearm, because the people who will be coming after you in the coming years certainly will be)
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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
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
Right that’s what I learned. In the context of this particular case, I was asking if some Glock models are just easier to modify. If it’s any semiautomatic fun then the lawsuit is dumb.
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.
Still waiting for politicians to write laws that prevent Glock from selling a model easily converted into full-auto that they DO NOT sell in other countries for this reason.
Because of their obvious neglect they are getting sued.
