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Glock sued by NJ over ‘switch’ that turns handguns into machine guns

December 12, 2024
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Attorneys general in Minnesota and New Jersey sued Glock on Thursday, accusing the company of making handguns that are easily modified to fire as illegal machine guns through a cheap add-on known as a “Glock switch.”

The lawsuits said the $20 switches transform Glock handguns, which the complaints said were the most popular brand, into easily concealable weapons that can fire 1,200 rounds per minute, recklessly endangering the public.

The gun maker has known since at least 1998 that its weapons are uniquely receptive to the switches and has not taken steps to change its design, according to the lawsuits.

The lawsuits said that the $20 switches transform Glock handguns into easily concealable weapons that can fire 1,200 rounds per minute, recklessly endangering the public. AP

“We sued Glock because they have knowingly sold products into our state for decades that can be easily converted into machine guns, which are illegal under state and federal law, and which are killing our residents, killing cops and killing our kids,” New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin told Reuters.

Glock did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The company’s US business is based in Smyrna, Ga., and is owned by Glock’s Austrian parent company.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation, a firearm trade group, called the lawsuits frivolous and an abuse of the courts to advance unconstitutional gun controls. The group noted the switches are illegal and are not made by Glock.

Many such switches are made in China, available online, or can be created using a 3D printer, according to the lawsuits, which said they are nearly impossible to eradicate.

Machine guns, which federal law defines as guns that can shoot more than once with a single trigger pull, are strictly regulated under federal law.

The two lawsuits are the first actions taken by a newly formed partnership of Democratic attorneys general from 15 states and the District of Columbia seeking to hold firearms companies liable for gun violence.

The attorneys general said they intend to reduce gun violence by coordinating their enforcement of state civil liability and consumer protection laws.

‘A new chapter’

Attorneys general have banded together and won some of the largest legal settlements against the tobacco industry and opioid manufacturers and distributors.

The two lawsuits are the first actions taken by a newly formed partnership of Democratic attorneys general seeking to hold firearms companies liable for gun violence. New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin on Thursday. AP

“If this is the beginning of a launch of coordinated attorneys general activity, that may be actually a new chapter in firearms litigation,” said Timothy Lytton, a professor at Georgia State University.

Gun businesses are broadly protected from liability by federal law, but gun control advocates have been probing ways to use state laws as a workaround.

The strategy was most successful in litigation against Remington Arms, which agreed in 2022 to pay $73 million to families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.

Both lawsuits on Thursday accused Glock of creating a public nuisance and of violating various product liability and consumer protection laws.

The lawsuits seek court orders requiring Glock to disgorge profits and to pay restitution, although amounts were not specified.

The lawsuits seek court orders requiring Glock to disgorge profits and to pay restitution, although amounts were not specified. Above, a Glock booth at NRA annual meeting in May. Getty Images

The Minnesota case also sought an injunction directing Glock to design safer handguns, and New Jersey asked the court to prevent the company from distributing easily modified guns in the state.

Glock was sued earlier this year by the city of Chicago, which said its police recovered more than 1,100 Glock pistols with the modification between 2021 and 2023.

In June, the US Supreme Court declared unlawful a ban on “bump stocks” that enable semiautomatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns.

“I can’t predict what the Supreme Court will do,” Platkin said. “I’m confident we’re on solid legal ground. We wouldn’t have brought a complaint otherwise.”

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