Bill making handguns incompatible with Glock switches awaits Hochul’s signature

August 16, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

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ALBANY — A FIRST-IN-THE-NATION BILL requiring firearm manufacturers to take steps to ensure their handguns are incompatible with “Glock switches” passed both the New York Assembly and Senate, and now awaits Gov. Kathy Hochul’s signature, the bill’s sponsor Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon (D-Carroll Gardens, Downtown Brooklyn) said in her newsletter Thursday. Many pistols can be easily converted into (illegal) fully-automatic machine guns using the $25 auto sears, or switches. NYS Attorney General Letitia James supported this initiative, in addition to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.

“For decades, Glock has known that its firearms are uniquely susceptible to being easily converted into illegal machine guns but have refused to take action. They have put profit over people,” Simin said.

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