ATF News: Glock Switch is ILLEGAL to Own or Have In Your Posession
By Gregory Kielma
Previously Convicted Felon Sentenced to Over Three Years in Federal Prison for Possessing “Glock Switch”
Previously Convicted Felon Sentenced to Over Three Years in Federal Prison for Possessing “Glock Switch”
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS—Jaquan Robinson, 21 of Indianapolis, has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to possession of a machine gun.
According to court documents, on December 28, 2023, Marion County Probation officers conducted a compliance visit at Robinson’s apartment in Indianapolis. During the compliance visit, a backpack containing the frame of a Glock handgun and mail addressed to the defendant was found in a closet in the living room. During a court-authorized search of the apartment, officers located a safe in Robinson’s bedroom containing his identification documents and a Glock switch. Robinson admitted to knowingly possessing the machinegun conversion device and knowing that it was exclusively designed to convert an ordinary semiautomatic firearm into a fully automatic machinegun. A review of Robinson’s Facebook messages revealed that Robinson was seeking to purchase additional handgun parts in order to have a fully functional machinegun.
Machinegun conversion devices, sometimes called “Glock switches” or “auto-sears,” are devices that convert ordinary semiautomatic firearms into fully automatic machine guns. Machinegun conversion devices are themselves considered machineguns under federal law, even when not installed, and are illegal for individuals to possess or sell.
Robinson has a history of firearms convictions. In September 2021, Robinson was convicted of a felony in Marion County for illegally bringing a firearm into a school. In June 2022, while Robinson was still on probation for his first firearms offense, he was convicted of another firearms offense in Marion County after he was found in possession of two more firearms and fled from police on foot after the vehicle, he was in was pulled over. Robinson was still on probation for this second Marion County offense when he was arrested with the machinegun conversion device. At the time of his most recent Indiana arrest there were