BBC Trending has investigated the global spread of 3D-printed guns across social media platforms including Telegram, Facebook and Instagram, as well as websites offering how-to guides.

Within an hour, Jessy offered us a Liberator or a Glock switch. A glock switch (also known as an auto sear) is a small, sometimes 3D-printed part that converts a pistol into an automatic weapon.

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 switches, which can be purchased for less than $20 or created on a 3D printer, allow the pistols to fire up to 1,200 rounds per minute, according to Platkin.

They also found a 3D printer in the living room and a casting mold and forging equipment in the carport next to the bedroom. It is the first federal Glock switch prosecution in Mobile’s federal ...

After Soto Melendez removed the 3D printer from his apartment, Velazquez-Rodriguez wrote a follow-up message saying, "Someone hit me with the switch and found the broken one, that's why I told you ...

After Soto Melendez removed the 3D printer from his apartment, Velazquez-Rodriguez wrote a follow-up message saying, "Someone hit me with the switch and found the broken one, that's why I told you ...

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 ...

Local Crime & Public Safety Md., Baltimore sue Glock over device enabling machine-gun fire Glock doesn’t make the small switch, but the lawsuit says the gunmaker has taken no steps to prevent ...

But some who make them illegally place Glock’s logo on the back. The devices cost about $20 and can also be made with a 3D printer.

When questioned, Brautigan admitted to creating the weapons and Glock switches using a 3D printer. Brautigan will be sentenced in May.