Police last week announced the arrest of a 15-year-old on the same charge, and that teen became the first person in Birmingham to be arrested under Alabama’s new state ban on Glock switches.

This is the second teen arrest that has been made since Gov. Kay Ivey signed a statewide ban on these machine gun conversion devices.

The Birmingham Police Department's Special Enforcement Team (SET) officers arrested a 17-year-old male for illegal possession ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ( WBRC) - The Birmingham Police Department’s Special Enforcement Team (SET) officers arrested a 17-year-old boy who was in illegal possession of both a Glock handgun and a machine gun ...

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed a bill making the possession of a “Glock switch” illegal in the state of Alabama.

A semi-automatic pistol with a conversion device installed making it fully automatic is fired as four empty shell casings fly ...

London Lamar (D-Memphis) is hoping to deliver this year with a state ban on “Glock switches” and machine gun conversion kits. These devices allow semi-automatic firearms to function as an illegal, ...

In Alabama, the governor made it a priority ... Credit: AP/Alex Brandon A Glock switch is one type of a machine gun conversion device. It's a metal or plastic piece, about the size of a coin ...

In Alabama, the governor made it a priority ... guns and conversion devices can face up to 10 years in prison. A Glock switch is one type of a machine gun conversion device.