BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Two pre-filed bills for next year’s legislature would prohibit people from owning, using or selling glock switches and bump stocks. Those are the devices criminals put ...

House Bill 12 and House Bill 51 both create penalties for anyone who has, sells, or uses a bump stock or glock switch. House Bill 12 covers the entire state, while House Bill 51 covers Birmingham.

On a topic related to bump stocks, the Alabama House passed a bill by Rep. Phillip Ensler, D-Montgomery, that would have banned Glock switches, devices attached to semiautomatic handguns that make ...

Bump stocks serve essentially the same purpose as Glock switches, or trigger activators, which convert semi-automatic firearms to machine gun-like weapons.