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NewYorkstateislookingtobanGlockpistols.
It’sastupidproposal,tosaytheleast.Glockhasdonenothingwrong,thoughsomeidiotsseemtothinktheyshouldrevampaprovendesignsoastopreventpeoplefromdoingsomethingthat’salreadyillegal.
Butthey’realsotryingtobanGlocksingeneral.
OveratAmerica’s1stFreedom,theytakealookattheburningstupidofthatbill.
Atissueistheso-called“Glockswitch,”apieceofmetalorplasticthatcanbeusedtoillegallyconvertGlockpistolstofirefull-auto,asopposedtothenormal,as-manufactured-and-soldsemi-autofunctionofthepopularhandguns.Inanutshell,a“Glockswitch,”or“Glockauto-sear,”isasmallpieceofmetalorplasticthatsomeonecouldmakeandillegallyattachtotherearoftheslideofaGlocktoconvertittofull-autofire.Theswitchworksbyapplyingforcetothetriggerbartopreventitfromlimitingfiretooneroundofammunitionpertriggerpull.
Thenameisintentionallymisleading,sinceGlockdoesn’tmaketheswitches;also,convertinganyfirearmtofirefull-autoisafederalfelony,andevenpossessionofa“Glock
