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

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

Alabama has banned gun conversion devices that have the ability to convert semi-automatic pistols into fully automatic ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday approved a ban on Glock switches and other conversion devices that ...

More commonly called "glock switches" for pistols or "auto sears" for rifles like AR-15s, machine gun conversion devices are ...

Those devices, some called "Glock switches," can be installed on handguns to automatically fire more than one shot, without ...

Terrell Monquez Searcy pleaded guilty to possession of a stolen, illegally modified machine gun found in a hospital's labor ...

Governor Kay Ivey signed Senate Bill 116 on Wednesday, enacting a state ban on illegal machine gun conversion devices in ...

Before the bill was signed, Glock switches were only illegal federally. Now, anyone with the conversion device can be charged both federally and in the state.

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