Crime & Safety
ATF Officers In Philadelphia Say They're Seeing More Switches To Make Guns Fully Automatic: "Keeps Me Up At Night"
It's because of a machine gun conversion device, a small piece of plastic also known as a "switch" or "Glock switch."
May 16, 2025
Amid the sparsely spaced pops at the Philadelphia Police gun range in the Northeast, the tearing of more than a dozen bullets in the blink of an eye stands out.
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It's because of a machine gun conversion device, a small piece of plastic also known as a "switch" or "Glock switch."
With the switch, which can turn a standard semi-automatic handgun into a fully automatic one, Special Agent Neil Zubaty with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives rips off 17 rounds from a handgun in under two seconds.
Find out what's happening in Philadelphiafor free with the latest updates from Patch.
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