CRIME 3D printers turn handguns into machine guns for as little as 40 cents Small 'Glock switch' is easily 3D-printed, and can turn handgun into a fully automatic weapon, federal officials warn ...

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Homemade 3D-printed Glock frames were unreliable until online retailers began selling metal rails that could be inserted to the printed frame so that the firearm’s slide could cycle when fired.

Officials said switches are illegally imported from overseas or 3D-printed locally. Because the devices can be made from plastic on a 3D printer, it means the files to make them can easily be ...

The gun appears to be a Chairmanwon V1, a tweak of a popular partially 3D-printed Glock-style design known as the FMDA 19.2—an acronym that stands for the libertarian slogan “Free Men Don’t ...

Aside from the cash, drugs and guns seized, police reported that a 3D printer capable of printing Glock switches was also marked as evidence. Mom sentenced for leaving kids alone for days ...

From these addresses, police retrieved a 3D printer and enough parts to readily assemble 16 Glock switches. They also allegedly found tools used to cut and modify quarters as part of the creation ...

The 3D-printed Glock switch is part of a broader category of highly illegal weapon parts called machine gun conversion devices. These are outright illegal to own or create — not just sell.

3D printing makes dangerous 'Glock switch' devices easier to get, ATF says. Miguel Torres. Arizona Republic "Glock switches," small devices capable of turning almost any handgun into a machine gun ...

Crime Roxbury men charged with selling 3D-printed devices that turn guns into automatic weapons So-called "Glock switches" allow guns to fire multiple rounds with a single pull of the trigger.