Bill to ban gun conversion devices in Alabama one step from being law
Updated: 6:50 PM CDT Mar 18, 2025
Bill to ban gun conversion devices in Alabama one step from being law
Updated: 6:50 PM CDT Mar 18, 2025
ALL RIGHT, JOHN, THANKS. WELL, A BILL BANNING GLOCK SWITCHES ACROSS THE STATE IS HEADING TO GOVERNOR IVEY鈥橲 DESK. SENATE BILL 116, THE BILL THAT WOULD BAN MACHINE GUN CONVERSION DEVICES WAS DELIVERED TO THE GOVERNOR TODAY. THE SENATE GAVE FINAL APPROVAL
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Bill to ban gun conversion devices in Alabama one step from being law
Updated: 6:50 PM CDT Mar 18, 2025
Alabama may soon have a new law banning certain gun devices.The Alabama Senate passed an amended bill Tuesday, March 18, which would prohibit people from having a part or parts intended to convert a pistol into a machine gun.Those devices, some called "Glock switches," can be installed on handguns to shoot automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single pull of the trigger, said the legislation.The Alabama House passed the amended bill earlier this month.The bill states a person who has possession of the device in any way would be prosecuted with a Class C felony charge.The legislation, sponsored by Will Barfoot (R), moves on to Gov. Kay Ivey for her signature into law.The latest: 米兰体育 13 coverage on Politics
MONTGOMERY, Ala. —
Alabama may soon have a new law banning certain gun devices.
The Alabama Senate passed an amended bill Tuesday, March 18, which would prohibit people from having a part or parts intended to convert a pistol into a machine gun.
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Those devices, some called "Glock switches," can be installed on handguns to shoot automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single pull of the trigger, said the legislation.
The Alabama House passed the amended bill earlier this month.
The bill states a person who has possession of the device in any way would be prosecuted with a Class C felony charge.
The legislation, sponsored by Will Barfoot (R), moves on to Gov. Kay Ivey for her signature into law.
The latest: 米兰体育 13 coverage on Politics