Minnesota and New Jersey sued Glock, Inc. (Glock) and its parent company Glock Ges.m.b.H. in their respective states on Thursday for selling semi-automatic handguns that are easily convertible to machine guns.

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    12 days ago

    I mean they aren’t “military grade machine guns”, but I was startled when I saw how easy the modification is. I couldn’t guess if the gun is cheap or otherwise just common, or if it’s somehow especially vulnerable to this kind of change. Does anyone know?

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        12 days ago

        I have a CNC machine and it’s probably the most requested part from strangers when I tell them. The amount of people out there actively looking to turn their AR15 into a M4 is disturbing.

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        11 days ago

        Right that’s what I learned. In the context of this particular case, I was asking if some Glock models are just easier to modify. If it’s any semiautomatic fun then the lawsuit is dumb.

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      11 days ago

      What is funny is the Glock switch takes advantage of a safety feature of a Glock to make it fire full auto.

      I’m not going to go into further detail, but if you understand how they function and their safety mechanisms, it is pretty easy to see how the switch works.

      Other handguns are much harder to convert to controllable full auto.