Local and federal officials say the new law will will help make Birmingham safer, but advocates say it will take more than a ...

Today, we proved that progress can happen and that the Alabama legislature can come together to help solve real problems," ...

Alabama lawmakers approved a ban on Glock switches and other conversion devices that convert semi-automatic weapons into ...

The Birmingham mayor, who lost a brother and nephew in shootings, has expressed frustration over gun violence in his city.

The law, which goes into effect immediately, targets devices that turn semiautomatic handguns into makeshift machine guns.

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed into law a bill banning Glock switches and other conversion devices that convert ...

The Alabama Senate passed a bill intended to ban Glock switches. The bill states a person who has possession of the device ...

The bill’s enactment follows ongoing advocacy to ban Glock Switches by the Big 10 Mayors. In February, the Mayors joined Gov.

Gov. Key Ivey signed Senate Bill 116 that will officially ban illegal machine gun conversion devices statewide in Alabama. The signed bill was sponsored by State Sen. Will Barefoot (R-Montgomery) and ...

The devices, sometimes referred to as Glock switches, enable handguns to act like machine guns, firing more than one shot with a single pull of the trigger.

The Alabama Senate passed Senate Bill 116, making the possession of Glock switches—a device that converts handguns into fully ...

The legislation makes it a state crime to possess the devices, which turn semi-automatic firearms into automatic ones.