Which states have laws prohibiting auto sears/Glock switches?
23 states have adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Alabama has not adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Alaska has not adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Arizona has not adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Arkansas has not adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
California has adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Colorado has adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Connecticut has adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Delaware has adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Florida has adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Georgia has not adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Hawaii has adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Idaho has not adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Illinois has adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Indiana has adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Iowa has adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Kansas has not adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Kentucky has not adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Louisiana has adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Maine has not adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Maryland has adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Massachusetts has adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Michigan has adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Minnesota has adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Mississippi has adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Missouri has not adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Montana has not adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Nebraska has not adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Nevada has adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
New Hampshire has not adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
New Jersey has not adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
New Mexico has not adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
New York has adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
North Carolina has adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
North Dakota has not adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Ohio has adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Oklahoma has not adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Oregon has not adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Pennsylvania has not adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Rhode Island has adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
South Carolina has adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
South Dakota has not adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Tennessee has not adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Texas has not adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Utah has not adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Vermont has not adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Virginia has adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Washington has not adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
West Virginia has not adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Wisconsin has adopted this policy
Auto Sears/Glock Switches Prohibited
Wyoming has not adopted this policy
What It Does
Fully automatic machine guns—those that fire bullets in rapid succession with a single pull of the trigger—and the parts used to create them have been tightly regulated under federal law since the 1930s.1US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, “National Firearms Act,” April 7, 2020, https://www.atf.gov/rules-and-regulations/national-firearms-act. However, the gun industry and third-party sellers continue to produce devices that make it easy to convert semi-automatic firearms into illegal machine guns in a matter of minutes. Auto sears, often in the form of “Glock switches,” alter the trigger mechanisms of semi-automatic pistols and rifles, enabling the guns to continuously fire rounds as long as the trigger is depressed and the gun has ammunition. These devices can allow pistols to fire at rates of up to 1,200 rounds per minute.2U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas, “Fort Worth Manufacturer Charged in Glock Switch Case,” press release, November 18, 2022, https://www.atf.gov/news/press-releases/fort-worth-manufacturer-charged-glock-switch-case.Auto sears are small in size and simple in design which makes them easy to manufacture, or simply 3D print.3Alain Stephens and Keegan Hamilton, “The Return of the Machine Gun,” The Trace, March 24, 2022, https://www.thetrace.org/2022/03/auto-sear-gun-chip-glock-switch-automatic-conversion/.
The Impact
Between 2017 and 2021, the ATF recovered 5,454 machine gun conversion devices, including Glock switches, a 570% increase from the preceding five years.1US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, “National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Crime Guns – Volume Two: PART VII: Recommendations and Future Enhancements,” January 2023, https://www.atf.gov/firearms/docs/report/nfcta-volume-ii-part-vii-recommendations/download. Tragically, these devices have been recovered at numerous crime scenes across the country.2US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, “National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Crime Guns – Volume Two: PART VII: Recommendations and Future Enhancements,” January 2023, https://www.atf.gov/firearms/docs/report/nfcta-volume-ii-part-vii-recommendations/download.
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