Back in October, we talked about Glock switches, a small device that turns a semi-automatic handgun into a machine gun: one pull of the trigger, and it sprays bullets until the magazine is empty. Even trained shooters can't control that kind of firepower. For innocent bystanders, the risk is off the charts.
Owning a Glock switch is already a federal crime but not in Kentucky. Kentucky law doesn't clearly define terms like "machine gun" or "conversion device" or allow local and state police to legally confiscate guns using switch attachments unless there is another crime involved. That loophole means too many offenders caught with Glock switches walk away without serious consequences.
House Bill 299 proposes fixing that. It is intended to make it a Class C felony in Kentucky to possess devices like Glock switches that convert firearms into machine guns. Again, these aren't tools of self-defense. They're tools of mass destruction. On Tuesday, it finally passed out of committee and is headed to the full house floor.
Is this really a big deal? Even with state and local police authority limited, last year, 602 Glock switches were seized in Kentucky, up from 80 in 2024. In Jefferson County, 150 were seized, up from 62 the year before. This is a rapidly growing threat to public safety and police. In the strongest possible terms, I encourage the Kentucky legislature to make possession of a Glock switch a felony in Kentucky.
I'm Bill Lamb, and that's my Point of View.
