Maryland Attorney General Antony G. Brown and Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott submitted a suit versus weapon maker Glock,Inc on Wednesday to hold the business liable for offering semi-automatic hand guns that can be exchanged unlawful gatling gun utilizing a “Glock Switch.”
The claim likewise affirms that Glock produces hand guns most regularly recuperated about criminal offenses on the roads of Baltimore and throughout the state of Maryland.
“We will not allow the gun industry to turn a blind eye to grieving families and pursue profit over people’s lives. This case shows that our Office will hold members of the firearms industry accountable for their role in the gun violence epidemic,” Brown stated. “It is unacceptable for companies to distribute and market a product that they know can easily be modified to inflict terror on communities across Maryland.”
Brown and Scott declare in the claim that Glock threatens and damages public wellness and safety and security in Maryland by making and offering semi-automatic handguns to Maryland private citizens, which can conveniently be exchanged gatling gun with a vehicle sear, which is an inexpensive, tiny tool most generally called a “Glock Switch.”
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A gatling gun conversion tool for a Glock hand weapon can transform the Glock right into a gatling gun after the “switch” is mounted. It can be made with a 3-d printer. (Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe through Getty Images)
In a news release, Brown’s workplace stated despite the fact that gatling gun have actually been greatly managed and limited under Maryland and government regulation for almost 100 years as a result of their “extreme dangerousness,” the claim submitted on Wednesday affirms Glock’s proceeded sale of handguns that are very easy to exchange fully-automatic tools, and the business’s rejection to take care of the problems, makes it feasible for crooks to equip themselves with totally automated firepower.
Brown’s workplace likewise stated a representative with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) stated using weapons outfitted with car sears is “one of the scariest things” the firm has actually taken care of in years. “Once installed, Glock switches allow pistols to fire up to 1,200 rounds per minute – a rate as fast as, or faster than, many fully automatic firearms and machine guns used by the United States military,” the AG’s workplace stated.
Filed in the Circuit Court of Maryland in Baltimore City, the claim is the initial to utilize Maryland’s brand-new Gun Industry Accountability Act, which was authorized right into regulation in 2024.
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Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown submitted a suit versus the weapon maker Glock, Inc., for creating a hand gun that can conveniently be exchanged a gatling gun with a Glock Switch. (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service through Getty Image)
The regulation bans weapon market participants from intentionally adding to any kind of damage to the general public via the sales, production, circulation or advertising and marketing of firearm-related items.
Glock did not reply to Fox News Digital’s ask for discuss the issue.
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A 3D published Glock button can transform a semi-automatic weapon right into a gatling gun. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle through Getty Images)
Still, the claim asserts that in between 2023 and 2024, at the very least 100 unlawfully customized Glock handguns were recuperated from criminal activity scenes and about criminal examinations by the City of Baltimore Police Department.
The complainants are looking for an order protecting against Glock from remaining to offer the “easily modifiable” handguns to private citizens in Maryland, in addition to alleviation in the kind of restitution and reduction.
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“Confronting the epidemic of gun violence in our communities means holding everyone responsible, from those pulling the trigger to those making it easier to access — and modify — weapons,” Scott stated. “As we continue to achieve historic reductions of homicides and nonfatal shootings in Baltimore, we must continue to redouble our efforts to drive violence down even more.”
