We have tried to do an exhaustive search on cases where a Glock-style gun with a switch was used to murder people, but it is quite possible that we have missed some cases. The total that we have so far found is 40 murders from 17 attacks where someone was murdered, so slightly more than two people murdered per case. Part of the reason for their infrequent use is the danger that these devices pose to those who are using them. California and now Maryland have passed bans on Glocks or Glock-style guns that use cruciform trigger bars. New Jersey is in the process of putting a registry together on people who have bought those guns since the beginning of 2016. The NRA and the Second Amendment Foundation have brought lawsuits against these gun bans.
| Place | Year | Number murdered | Source | ||
| Indianapolis | 2021 | 3 | https://www.crimeonline.com/2024/08/27/teen-killer-lures-3-men-to-field-for-glock-switch-demo-then-executes-them-all/ | ||
| Houston, Texas | 2021 | 1 | https://www.houstontx.gov/police/fallen_officers/Senior_Police_Officer_William_Bill_Jeffrey.htm | ||
| Minneapolis, MN | 2021 | 2 | https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/atf-auto-sear-switch-tracing-gun-crimes/ | ||
| Sacramento | 2022 | 6 | https://www.vice.com/en/article/sacramento-mass-shooting-machine-gun/?utm_source=chatgpt.com | ||
| Mobile, AL | 2022 | 1 | https://mynbc15.com/news/local/man-in-2022-new-years-eve-deadly-shooting-faces-state-sentencing | ||
| Mobile, AL | 2022 | 0 | https://www.fox10tv.com/2025/11/21/night-that-never-ended-mobile-county-prosecutors-target-glock-switches/ | ||
| Chicago, Illinois | 2022 | 2 | https://www.npr.org/2022/10/28/1131026241/chicago-handgun-violence-auto-sear-machine-gun | ||
| Dadeville, Alabama | 2023 | 4 | https://www.wbrc.com/2023/04/26/alea-one-or-two-handguns-dadeville-mass-shooting-altered-with-glock-switch/ | ||
| BIRMINGHAM, Ala. | 2024 | 4 | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/glock-switches-alabama-mass-shooting/62318295?utm_source=chatgpt.com | ||
| Detroit | 2024 | 2 | https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/2-killed-19-injured-detroit-block-party-shooting-111727585?utm_source=chatgpt.com | ||
| Tuskegee University, Alabama | 2024 | 1 | https://www.al.com/news/2024/11/man-arrested-in-tuskegee-shooting-admits-firing-gun-with-glock-switch-denies-shooting-anyone-records-state.html | ||
| Memphis | 2024 | 2 | https://wreg.com/news/investigations/more-criminals-in-the-mid-south-creating-their-own-machine-gun/ | ||
| Jackson, MS | 2024 | 1 | https://www.wlbt.com/2024/02/01/glock-switch-modified-gun-used-george-county-deputy-killing/ | ||
| Newark, NJ | 2025 | 1 | https://nypost.com/2025/03/15/us-news/kid-charged-with-killing-newark-cop-had-homemade-gun/ | ||
| St. Helena Island / Beaufort County, SC | 2025 | 4 | https://www.wjcl.com/article/st-helena-island-beaufort-county-glock-switches/70422487 | https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/jawan-carroll-murder-trial-nightclub-shooting-monarch-minneapolis/ | https://www.hennepinattorney.org/en/news/news/2021/May/carroll-5-26-2021 |
| Madison County, Illinois | 2025 | 1 | https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/glock-switch-madison-county-surge-illinois-atf-20798645.php | ||
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 2025 | 2 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/what-are-switches-what-to-know-south-philly/4229081/ | ||
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 2025 | 3 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/what-are-switches-what-to-know-south-philly/4229081/ | ||
| Total | 40 | ||||
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