The Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday to ban trigger activators, such as “Glock switches.” HB 36, sponsored by Rep. Phillip Ensler, D-Montgomery, would ban the possession of any part or combination of parts designed or intended to convert a firearm into a machine gun.

The Alabama House of Representatives has passed a bill that would ban devices that turn semi-automatic handguns into automatic weapons, or machine guns. HB36 by Rep. Phillip Ensler, D-Montgomery, passed by a vote of 60-38,

Alabama’s House of Representatives has passed a bill that would ban devices that convert handguns into machine guns.The bill makes trigger activators or Glock switches illegal at the state level.There was some pushback in the House,