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Posted: 6/30/2023 8:18:24 AM EST
Uh-Durrrrr!

A tiny device has been popping up on Columbus streets, and law enforcement fear it may pose an outsized risk to central Ohioans this summer.

Glock switches have surged in popularity among Columbus criminals and police report they're finding them more and more. The devices can transform a semi-automatic handgun into a fully-automatic weapon, which is an illegal modification.

Under Fire Series: Glock switches on Columbus streets: Here's how the tiny devices pose an outsized threat

While the switches are becoming more common and have existed for decades, they're a new threat to many Ohioans.

Here's what you need to know about Glock switches and what the increase in the devices means for Columbus.

What does a Glock switch do?

A Glock switch is a small gadget that can be attached to the back of certain handguns, usually Glocks, according to the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

A typical handgun can fire one bullet for every pull of a trigger. But on a gun modified with a switch, a shooter can simply hold down the trigger.

That essentially makes the firearm a machine gun, a weapon that was banned decades ago in the U.S.

Why are Glock switches considered dangerous?

The device allows a gun to fire dozens of bullets per second, according to the ATF.

A gun that fires that quickly can be difficult to control (hence the need for stabilizing braces), said John Gripshover, an assistant Franklin County prosecutor who directs the office's gun unit. That means a shooter with the weapon is more likely to hit innocent bystanders.

A push to ban machine guns in the U.S. began after the 1929 St. Valentine's Day massacre, in Chicago in which gang violence led to seven murders using the since-banned weapons, according to news reports.

In 1934, Congress passed the National Firearms Act, which made machine guns illegal, according to the ATF. The act was updated in 1986 to include Glock switches in the definition of a machine gun.
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Get ready for the next fed-driven mass shooter to be caught with one of these things.  After that - half the dildos here will be clamoring to register even more of their pistols with Joe & Kamala.
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 8:20:25 AM EST
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Uh-Durrrrr!

A tiny device has been popping up on Columbus streets, and law enforcement fear it may pose an outsized risk to central Ohioans this summer.

Glock switches have surged in popularity among Columbus criminals and police report they're finding them more and more. The devices can transform a semi-automatic handgun into a fully-automatic weapon, which is an illegal modification.

Under Fire Series: Glock switches on Columbus streets: Here's how the tiny devices pose an outsized threat

While the switches are becoming more common and have existed for decades, they're a new threat to many Ohioans.

Here's what you need to know about Glock switches and what the increase in the devices means for Columbus.

What does a Glock switch do?

A Glock switch is a small gadget that can be attached to the back of certain handguns, usually Glocks, according to the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

A typical handgun can fire one bullet for every pull of a trigger. But on a gun modified with a switch, a shooter can simply hold down the trigger.

That essentially makes the firearm a machine gun, a weapon that was banned decades ago in the U.S.

Why are Glock switches considered dangerous?

The device allows a gun to fire dozens of bullets per second, according to the ATF.

A gun that fires that quickly can be difficult to control (hence the need for stabilizing braces), said John Gripshover, an assistant Franklin County prosecutor who directs the office's gun unit. That means a shooter with the weapon is more likely to hit innocent bystanders.

A push to ban machine guns in the U.S. began after the 1929 St. Valentine's Day massacre, in Chicago in which gang violence led to seven murders using the since-banned weapons, according to news reports.

In 1934, Congress passed the National Firearms Act, which made machine guns illegal, according to the ATF. The act was updated in 1986 to include Glock switches in the definition of a machine gun.
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Get ready for the next fed-driven mass shooter to be caught with one of these things.  After that - half the dildos here will be clamoring to register even more of their pistols with Joe & Kamala.
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I’m a 4 inch pocket sized travel dildo.
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 8:22:51 AM EST
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Be interesting to just have fake ones attached to your glock that’s just a solid block of plastic / metal, just for trolling.
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 8:35:16 AM EST
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Let's not actually curb the import of illegal devices from China so the federal government can disperse them like crack throughout the inner cities. Nope.    

Let's focus on the scary "stabilizing braces" that turn these illegal machine guns that gangstas shove down their sweatpants into fully-automatic, high-caliber, sniper rifles.  

The goblins aren't the real threat. It's all those darned white supremacists.
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 8:40:38 AM EST
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I have better ways to spend my time than sitting in custody while the police or ATF run tests and discover it is fake.
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 8:41:51 AM EST
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I used one of these side chargers with a Recover Tactical brace which might get you some looks at the range if used without the brace.

Link Posted: 6/30/2023 8:42:53 AM EST
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Let's not actually curb the import of illegal devices from China so the federal government can disperse them like crack throughout the inner cities. Nope.    

Let's focus on the scary "stabilizing braces" that turn these illegal machine guns that gangstas shove down their sweatpants into fully-automatic, high-caliber, sniper rifles.  

The goblins aren't the real threat. It's all those darned white supremacists.
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They never charge the ghetto goblins with possession of a machine gun either. Think if they charged everyone in possession with 10 years in prison for each one how much the crime would go down. Just another case of gun control meaning nothing to criminals.
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 8:43:54 AM EST
[#7]
Here's a crazy idea...
Using a firearm to rob, murder, or threaten is already illegal.
Having an unregistered machine gun is a federal crime.
So, if you catch Pookie and the gang doing thug life stuff lock them up for the maximum amount of time the law allows.

The only new thing in this scenario is an unwillingness for liberal cities to prosecute criminals.
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 8:44:18 AM EST
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... A typical handgun can fire one bullet for every pull of a trigger. But on a gun modified with a switch, a shooter can simply hold down the trigger. ...
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Wish I could hold down the trigger on my Glocks ...
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 8:45:34 AM EST
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Isn't it illegal to shoot people regardless of how many shots you fire per second?

Didn't that used to be a thing?
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 8:49:17 AM EST
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There is a silver lining to all of this. It's called the "Common Use" argument.
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 8:50:10 AM EST
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Yes but it's double plus bad to do it with a swizzo on your glizzo.
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 9:10:36 AM EST
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Or they reclassify every striker fired pistol that has a back plate as a machine gun.
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 9:23:56 AM EST
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They would use their "common" tools to modify it to work and bend you over
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 9:24:56 AM EST
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Here's a crazy idea...
Using a firearm to rob, murder, or threaten is already illegal.
Having an unregistered machine gun is a federal crime.
So, if you catch Pookie and the gang doing thug life stuff lock them up for the maximum amount of time the law allows.

The only new thing in this scenario is an unwillingness for liberal cities to prosecute criminals.
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Making stuff more illegaler for thugs is racist and you all know it. Locking them up is racist. Non thugs breathing the air is racist. Columbus is lost. 87.87% of anything inside the outerbelt is lost.
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 9:26:27 AM EST
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Still common use
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 9:28:35 AM EST
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Or realize you trolled them, put a real one on your gun, and charge you with possession of a machinegun to troll you back.
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 9:32:06 AM EST
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I have better ways to spend my time than sitting in custody while the police or ATF run tests and discover it is fakemill it into a machine gun.
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Be interesting to just have fake ones attached to your glock that’s just a solid block of plastic / metal, just for trolling.


I have better ways to spend my time than sitting in custody while the police or ATF run tests and discover it is fakemill it into a machine gun.

Link Posted: 6/30/2023 9:33:29 AM EST
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I remember when the streets of the SF Bay Area were being flooded with Glock type guns that were not being marked by Glock USA.  Perhaps from China?  SFPD Office Issac Espinoza was killed from fire from a selective fire AK - this was right after CA banned semi-automatic firearms.  Point - illegal guns are coming in and the ATF concentrates on dealers and safe arrests.
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 9:35:03 AM EST
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When there are videos of a group of 6th grade kids in Chicago and every one of them in the group has a glock with a switch the cat is way the fuck out of the bag.
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 9:40:23 AM EST
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Not in Murderapolis... The laws are still on the books but judges won't hand down sentences.

Laws are only for honkeys
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 9:40:56 AM EST
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Link Posted: 6/30/2023 9:41:28 AM EST
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Glock switches make them higher caliber weapons.

The holes literally get bigger, which means the lungs get blown out even harder.
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 9:41:53 AM EST
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They never charge the ghetto goblins with possession of a machine gun either. Think if they charged everyone in possession with 10 years in prison for each one how much the crime would go down. Just another case of gun control meaning nothing to criminals.
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Can't charge a prohibited person with failing to register/tax their full auto. Fifth Amendment might not mean much for non-felons here in Clown World, but felons are still fully protected.  

So, in essence, felon in possession of the Glock might be a crime, but the switch is free, and felon in possession of a Glock is a lesser offense than non-felon in possession of a switch.
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 9:42:13 AM EST
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Link Posted: 6/30/2023 9:43:09 AM EST
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Its almost like ..Ashoe chyna wants us to kill ourselves by importing wuflu, switches and fentynal precursors.

Link Posted: 6/30/2023 9:43:29 AM EST
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Unfortunately, the joke would be on you when ATF “finishes” it into a functioning switch then they put you on trial for “Constructive Possession”, and probably get a conviction.

This isn’t the eighties, no-one can take a joke anymore.
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 9:47:01 AM EST
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Glock switch on a WS owned gun?  Intent right there….
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 9:48:29 AM EST
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We cant curb thousands of pounds of hard narco entering the country everyday, you think we can stop every package of little switch parts ?
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 9:49:25 AM EST
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Glock switch
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 9:49:42 AM EST
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Flawed….cause I say so
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 9:49:58 AM EST
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I'm confused about exactly what a Glock Switch looks like.

Maybe if the media posted dimensioned drawings, it would help clarify things.

Link Posted: 6/30/2023 9:54:37 AM EST
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I have better ways to spend my time than sitting in custody while the police or ATF run tests and discover it is fake.
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I have better ways to spend my time than sitting in custody while the police or ATF run tests and discover it is fake.


And make it fire fully automatic.  
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 9:57:56 AM EST
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We cant curb thousands of pounds of hard narco entering the country everyday, you think we can stop every package of little switch parts ?
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We cant curb thousands of pounds of hard narco entering the country everyday, you think we can stop every package of little switch parts ?


Who says we can't? With the technology available?    

The powers that be allow it.  

As with any "major" problem, they do enough to make it look like they're so busy dealing with it, but let enough through to keep people scared and voting "correctly".
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 10:01:40 AM EST
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Uh-Durrrrr!

A tiny device has been popping up on Columbus streets, and law enforcement fear it may pose an outsized risk to central Ohioans this summer.

Glock switches have surged in popularity among Columbus criminals and police report they're finding them more and more. The devices can transform a semi-automatic handgun into a fully-automatic weapon, which is an illegal modification.

Under Fire Series: Glock switches on Columbus streets: Here's how the tiny devices pose an outsized threat

While the switches are becoming more common and have existed for decades, they're a new threat to many Ohioans.

Here's what you need to know about Glock switches and what the increase in the devices means for Columbus.

What does a Glock switch do?

A Glock switch is a small gadget that can be attached to the back of certain handguns, usually Glocks, according to the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

A typical handgun can fire one bullet for every pull of a trigger. But on a gun modified with a switch, a shooter can simply hold down the trigger.

That essentially makes the firearm a machine gun, a weapon that was banned decades ago in the U.S.

Why are Glock switches considered dangerous?

The device allows a gun to fire dozens of bullets per second, according to the ATF.

A gun that fires that quickly can be difficult to control (hence the need for stabilizing braces), said John Gripshover, an assistant Franklin County prosecutor who directs the office's gun unit. That means a shooter with the weapon is more likely to hit innocent bystanders.

A push to ban machine guns in the U.S. began after the 1929 St. Valentine's Day massacre, in Chicago in which gang violence led to seven murders using the since-banned weapons, according to news reports.

In 1934, Congress passed the National Firearms Act, which made machine guns illegal, according to the ATF. The act was updated in 1986 to include Glock switches in the definition of a machine gun.
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Get ready for the next fed-driven mass shooter to be caught with one of these things.  After that - half the dildos here will be clamoring to register even more of their pistols with Joe & Kamala.
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That is the whole intent of the government flooding the streets with these illegal devices isn't it?

they can get these ultra dangerous handguns at the same time they get the ultra dangerous rifles.

I say we just get the ultra dangerous people.


Link Posted: 6/30/2023 10:05:26 AM EST
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Why would the police and ATF go after criminals? That's way too dangerous.
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 10:12:33 AM EST
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Uh-Durrrrr!

A tiny device has been popping up on Columbus streets, and law enforcement fear it may pose an outsized risk to central Ohioans this summer.

Glock switches have surged in popularity among Columbus criminals and police report they're finding them more and more. The devices can transform a semi-automatic handgun into a fully-automatic weapon, which is an illegal modification.

Under Fire Series: Glock switches on Columbus streets: Here's how the tiny devices pose an outsized threat

While the switches are becoming more common and have existed for decades, they're a new threat to many Ohioans.

Here's what you need to know about Glock switches and what the increase in the devices means for Columbus.

What does a Glock switch do?

A Glock switch is a small gadget that can be attached to the back of certain handguns, usually Glocks, according to the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

A typical handgun can fire one bullet for every pull of a trigger. But on a gun modified with a switch, a shooter can simply hold down the trigger.

That essentially makes the firearm a machine gun, a weapon that was banned decades ago in the U.S.

Why are Glock switches considered dangerous?

The device allows a gun to fire dozens of bullets per second, according to the ATF.

A gun that fires that quickly can be difficult to control (hence the need for stabilizing braces), said John Gripshover, an assistant Franklin County prosecutor who directs the office's gun unit. That means a shooter with the weapon is more likely to hit innocent bystanders.

A push to ban machine guns in the U.S. began after the 1929 St. Valentine's Day massacre, in Chicago in which gang violence led to seven murders using the since-banned weapons, according to news reports.

In 1934, Congress passed the National Firearms Act, which made machine guns illegal, according to the ATF. The act was updated in 1986 to include Glock switches in the definition of a machine gun.
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Get ready for the next fed-driven mass shooter to be caught with one of these things.  After that - half the dildos here will be clamoring to register even more of their pistols with Joe & Kamala.
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Wait, you think they would offer a machine gun amnesty for Glock switches?
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 10:16:00 AM EST
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They'll still pursue mg charges. The auto key cards didn't actually work, but the prosecution had the judge instruct defense that that little detail could not be brought up.

Those 2 men are now awaiting their likely years of sentencing after being convicted....
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 10:17:13 AM EST
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I have better ways to spend my time than sitting in custody while the police or ATF run tests and discover it is fake.
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Be interesting to just have fake ones attached to your glock that’s just a solid block of plastic / metal, just for trolling.


I have better ways to spend my time than sitting in custody while the police or ATF run tests and discover it is fake.

Yeah, I’m not sure the PD would think it was funny.  They would likely make sure you didn’t when they were finished.
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 10:19:03 AM EST
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They're everywhere but I still don't have one.
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 10:21:08 AM EST
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They’d probably just attach a real one to send a person to prison.
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 10:22:19 AM EST
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you mean run test and alter your property until they get it to work.
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 10:24:23 AM EST
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Watch some Democrat propose that all models of Glock pistols be banned because they're too easily converted to full auto
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 10:25:07 AM EST
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I have better ways to spend my time than sitting in custody while the police or ATF run tests and discover it is fake.



The real problem is when the FATF modifies it and THEN it shoots FA. That is a known tactic….
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 10:38:21 AM EST
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I'm confused about exactly what a Glock Switch looks like.

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They'll install a real one and then charge you for the "crime".
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 10:44:52 AM EST
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Didn’t see any Glock switches on Temu but some of the stuff they sell sounds kinda like it. The amount of stuff from them alone flooding in now must have customs overwhelmed. Fun stuff ridiculously cheap.  Gonna see how the Maglula knock off holds up. Plus their Glock keychain looks cooler than the genuine Glock version. The action slides and mag is removable. And FDE! They call it yellow but whatever.

ATF busted a drug dealer here with ten or twenty switches. I didn’t see them but it sounded like some were DIAS. Said he had been shot at and was tired of being out gunned. Doubt he had that many Glocks but maybe he figured most wouldn’t work or last long. But probably just a reseller.

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Link Posted: 6/30/2023 10:58:13 AM EST
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Can't charge a prohibited person with failing to register/tax their full auto. Fifth Amendment might not mean much for non-felons here in Clown World, but felons are still fully protected.  

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Not anymore.  That loophole has already been removed by updating the NFA; the Supreme Court approved in this case:

United States v. Freed, 401 U.S. 601 (1971)

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/401/601/
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 10:59:28 AM EST
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No because the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution says A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 11:01:43 AM EST
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No shit.
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 11:01:44 AM EST
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The AUSA wouldn't take the cases anyways. Part of the fed game and clogged system. One major downside to strict sentencing guidelines coupled with an employment rating based solely upon conviction percentage.
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