As of March 19, 2025, possession of a Glock switch could now result in a prison sentence of up to 10 years. “State law gives a local tool to our Birmingham police that, when they capture someone in ...

This is the second arrest of a teenager with a Glock switch in Birmingham since Gov. Kay Ivey signed a statewide ban on machine gun conversion devices into law just over two weeks ago.

The Birmingham Police Department's Special Enforcement Team (SET) officers arrested a 17-year-old male for illegal possession ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ( WBRC) - The Birmingham Police Department’s Special Enforcement Team (SET) officers arrested a 17-year-old ...

Police last week announced the arrest of a 15-year-old on the same charge, and that teen became the first person in Birmingham to be arrested under Alabama’s new state ban on Glock switches.

A Columbus man pleaded guilty Monday to possessing a dangerous ordinance in a school zone for a Glock handgun at Canal Winchester HS football game.

Jackson Police Chief Joseph Wade said a person is wanted for pointing gun at an officer, then posting a picture of the ...

Two Starkville men were recently sentenced on federal charges related to illegal machine gun conversion devices, commonly ...

Gun Owners of America, another gun-rights group, contends people should have a Second Amendment right to own machine guns.

YOU KNOW, THEN THAT BECOMES AN ISSUE. HERE. YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE IN POSSESSION OF A CONVERSION DEVICE, GLOCK SWITCH, SO TO SPEAK. IN MY OPINION. THEY’RE NOT GOING TO, YOU KNOW, PUT TITHES AND ...

The Birmingham Police Department says Special Enforcement Team (SET) officers arrested a 15-year-old boy who was in ...