A Glock switch is seen on the back of a handgun, turning the semi-automatic weapon into a fully automatic machine gun.
Toronto police have seized more devices that illegally transform semi-automatic handguns into fully automatic machine guns this year than ever before, according to new data shared with CBC News. Toronto police have seized more devices that illegally transform semi-automatic handguns into fully automatic machine guns this year than ever before, according to new data shared with CBC News.
Auto switches are prohibited in Canada, yet have been confiscated in a number of recent high profile investigations across the country. And in spring 2023, Winnipeg police said they found nearly 100 auto switches, as well as 20 3D-printed gun parts, during a house search in the city. Police were tipped off by the Canada Border Services Agency months earlier, when they discovered parts used for 3D-printed guns wereAfter a recent shootout in Toronto, police seized multiple handguns outfitted with a ‘Glock switch’ modification that turns the weapon into a machine gun.
Jillian Snider, a retired NYPD officer and a lecturer at New-York based John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said the U.S. is also seeing a significant increase in the use of auto switches. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has seized more than 31,000 of these machine gun conversion devices in the past five years.Toronto police Insp. Paul Krawczyk speaks to reporters, pointing to weapons seized by officers after a Nov. 11 shootout.
A Glock switch, also known as an auto sear, is a small plastic or metal device installed in the back of a handgun. "This highlights the ongoing challenge of cross-border gun trafficking and the urgent need for enhanced measures to prevent illegal firearms from entering our communities," he said at a news conference last week.
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