'Year to date, we've recovered approximately 50 Glock switches off the street, and half of those have been used in violent crime.' (WXYZ) — It's commonly called a ...

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Within seconds of adding a small device to a pistol, a gun goes from shooting one bullet at a time to firing off 1,200 bullets per minute. "It's bad because they pose a significant ...

In 1987, a 22-year-old Venezuelan named Jorge Leon invented a small metal insert that could turn the Glock 17 semi-automatic pistol into a fully automatic machine gun with the flick of a switch. Leon ...

The ATF and Cincinnati police said Wednesday that they are finding guns illegally modified to make them fully automatic on a weekly basis. Also called a "chip" or "auto sear," it's a small device that ...

When Jorge Leon invented at the age of 22 a small device that turns Glock pistols into fully automatic weapons, he said he intended it to be used for the good of society, to help the military and ...

"They're illegal. You can't possess them, and they turn a regular handgun into almost a machine-style weapon," said Captain Marcus Thirlkill of the Detroit Police Department. 28,273 people played the ...