ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota’s attorney general, Keith Ellison, has sued Austrian gun manufacturer Glock for a device that easily converts semi-automatic handguns into machine guns. The state has banned machine guns since the Mob Era of the 193os, Ellison noted. Nonetheless, he said, Glock has manufactured and marketed something called a “Glock switch” for 40 years. With the small accessory, a Glock handgun can fire continuously with a single trigger pull. “Glock’s actions, and their inaction, violate Minnesota law and put kids, communities and law enforcement in danger. This has to stop,” Ellison said. He cited gun incidents with Glock switches, including:
> August 2023. An undercover Minneapolis police officer was wounded.
> May 22021. A shoot-out at a Minneapolis nightclub that killed two people.
Ellison’s suit was filed in Hennepin County court.