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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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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Buddy all you need to turn a semi-automatic firearm into an automatic firearm is $0.10 of steel and a little machining knowledge

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_sear

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thank you very much, that answers my question. I'll look up a diagram!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Look at an animated cutaway.