MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — After a violent year marked by multiple mass shootings in Alabama, Republican Gov. Kay Ivey and many lawmakers from both parties are backing a proposed ban on so-called Glock switches and other conversion devices that make semi-automatic weapons fire like machine guns.
Ivey is expected to push that proposal Tuesday as part of a broader package of public safety bills in her State of the State address, pressing Alabama to join nearly two dozen other states that already outlaw such devices.
Communities across the country have seen deadly shootings carried out with the conversion devices, small pieces of metal or plastic, which can be