Maryland Attorney General Antony G.
The lawsuit also claims that the pistols made by Glock are most commonly associated with crimes on the streets of Baltimore and throughout Maryland.
“We will not allow the gun industry to turn a blind eye to make families sad and pursue people’s lives. The case shows that our office will hold members of the gun industry accountable for their role in the gun violence epidemic,” Brown said. “Companies cannot Accepted distribution and sale of products they know are easily modified to terrorize the Maryland community.”
Brown and Scott claimed in the lawsuit that Glock could easily convert to machine guns with automatic sear, a cheap small device that is the most expensive Often called “Glock switch”.
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After the “switch” is installed, the machine gun conversion device used for the Glock pistol can convert the Glock to a machine gun. It can be made using 3D printing mechanism. (Photo by John Tlumacki/Photo by Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Even though machine guns are subject to strict regulation and restrictions in Maryland and federal laws due to their “extreme danger”, the Brown office said in a press release that Glock continued to sell easy-to-sell pistols that are easy to sell, Selling these pistols, which are easy to sell to transform into fully automatic weapons and refuse to resolve these issues, making it possible for criminals to arm themselves with fully automatic firepower.
Brown’s office also said that agents at the Alcohol, Tobacco, Guns and Explosives Bureau (ATF) said that the firearm equipped with car Sears was “one of the most terrifying things” the agency has handled in decades. “After installation, the Glock switch allows the pistol to fire up to 1,200 rounds per minute, which is the speed or faster of many fully automatic guns and machine guns used by the U.S. military.”
The lawsuit, filed in the Maryland Circuit Court in Baltimore, is the first to use Maryland’s new gun industry accountability bill, signed into law in 2024.
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Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown filed a lawsuit against gun manufacturer Glock, Inc., which could easily convert it into a machine gun with a Glock switch. (Blondeton/Baltimore Sun/Forum News Service via Getty Image)
This law prohibits members of the gun industry from any damages to the public through the sale, manufacture, distribution or marketing of gun-related products.
Glock did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on the matter.
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A 3D printed Glock switch can convert a semi-automatic gun into a machine gun. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
Nevertheless, the lawsuit claims that between 2023 and 2024, at least 100 illegally modified Glock pistols were linked to the criminal investigation.
The plaintiff is seeking an order to prevent Glock from continuing to sell “easy to modify” pistols to civilians in Maryland and to remedy in the form of restoration and relief.
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“Facing with the popularity of gun violence in our community means holding everyone accountable, from the people who trigger to those who are more likely to obtain (and modify) weapons,” Scott said. “As we continue to do historicity in Baltimore,” To reduce the historic reduction in homicide and non-fatal shootings, we must continue to redouble our efforts to make violence increasingly more and more.”
