The state of Maryland and Metropolis of Baltimore have filed a lawsuit towards gunmaker Glock for criminals illegally changing the corporate’s weapons to fireside full-auto, despite the fact that it’s not the corporate’s fault.
Earlier this week, Maryland Lawyer Basic Anthony Brown and Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott filed the lawsuit. In line with a report at Cbsnews.com, the lawsuit alleges that Glock violated the state’s Gun Trade Accountability Act and contributed to the “gun violence disaster” (anti-gun code for blaming weapons for prison violence).
“Since 1990, Glock has manufactured a pistol that may simply be transformed right into a machine gun,” Brown advised the information outlet.
In fact, changing a Glock to full-auto wasn’t an enormous factor again in 1990, or 2000 or 2010. However criminals these days appear extra liable to convert the pistols even though they commit a severe felony after they accomplish that.
At difficulty is the so-called “Glock swap,” a bit of metallic or plastic that can be utilized to illegally convert Glock pistols to fireside full-auto, versus the conventional, as-manufactured-and-sold semi-auto perform of the favored handguns. In a nutshell, a “Glock swap,” or “Glock auto-sear,” is a small piece of metallic or plastic that somebody may make and illegally connect to the rear of the slide of a Glock to transform it to full-auto fireplace. The swap works by making use of pressure to the set off bar to forestall it from limiting fireplace to 1 spherical of ammunition per set off pull.
The title is intentionally deceptive as a result of Glock doesn’t manufacture the switches. Moreover, changing any firearm to fireside absolutely automated is a federal felony, and even possessing a “Glock swap” may end in a federal jail sentence of as much as 10 years.
Not surprisingly, gun-control advocates need to sue the corporate, which has dedicated no crime, as an alternative of arresting, prosecuting and incarcerating those that break the legislation. Go determine.
In line with the lawsuit, Glock has claimed it can’t repair the issue. And to be sincere, it must fully redesign probably the most well-known and dependable striker-fired pistols ever designed to take action. And regardless of liberal prosecutors saying in any other case it’s not their fault that criminals misuse their product.
It will be like somebody souping up a Ford F150 pickup and rushing round city effectively in extra of the pace restrict and working over folks, then prosecutors suing Ford for making pickups that could possibly be modified. Who knew Ford was so evil?
By the way, Baltimore and Maryland aren’t the one ones focusing on Glock. Final December, AGs from New Jersey and Minnesota additionally sued the corporate over criminals utilizing “Glock switches” to make the weapons full-auto. Earlier within the 12 months, Chicago additionally filed such a go well with, accusing Glock of contributing to the town’s runaway violence.
Curiously, between early October 2024 and final November’s presidential election, speak of how evil Glocks are turned all however nonexistent. That’s as a result of Vice President Kamala Harris, whereas attempting to woo gun house owners to vote for her, claimed she owned a Glock pistol. She by no means stated whether or not she had affixed a “Glock swap” to the gun, however did inform Oprah Winfrey, “If any person breaks into my home, they’re getting shot.”
