Glock Switches, Full Auto, and Firing for Effect

Glock Switches image from BATFE, public domain. These illegal devices convert certain semi-auto pistols to fire fully automatic, but do they really accomplish anything?By Dean Weingarten | Contributing writerEditor’s Note: In the wake of last weekend’s fatal mass shooting at the Seattle Center in which one of the recovered guns was fitted with a full-auto conversion switch, TGM contributor Dean Weingarten was asked to take a look at the controversy. Here’s his perspective.Glock switches are devices to convert ordinary Glock-type handguns from semi-automatic configuration to full-automatic configuration.Much propaganda is being slung concerning Glock switches. As with most “information” from...