Last year, U.S. officials seized 1,500 guns with auto sears — and experts suggest they account for a small fraction of the total that exist. A shooting that killed six people in Sacramento in ...

The device brings a new concern for law enforcement. “Commonly referred to as a Glock switch or an auto sear,” said Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms special agent Gerrod Briggs. What the device ...

These auto sear switches often turn up at homicide crime scenes across the country and have become a rapidly growing problem for law enforcement in recent years. Maryland this week became the ...

The firearm used was a Glock 19 handgun that had been converted to an illegal high-capacity machine gun with a device known as an auto sear, a square device about the size of a thumbnail.

Police said an "auto-sear" is a device that allows semi-automatic handguns to become fully automatic. Officers found two "auto-sears" inside the residence. Officers took a 17-year-old boy into ...

A West Virginia man named Timothy Watson was arrested last week for allegedly selling a 3D-printed wall hook that, when disassembled, was actually a “drop-in auto sear,” a small piece of ...

The parts, called auto sears, can be fitted into semiautomatic weapons, including Glock pistols and AR-15 rifles, allowing shooters to empty their magazines with one pull of the trigger.

According to Monday’s arrest affidavit, Max Chambers of Sarasota “admitted to knowing the manufacturing and possession of the (Drop-In Auto Sear) was illegal, but he said he does not like laws.” ...

ST. LOUIS – This past weekend, police confiscated multiple illegal firearms, including a rifle and auto-sear switch, and arrested a 20-year-old St. Louis man. According to the St. Louis ...