Philadelphia is suing a gun manufacturer for its alleged role in the city’s gun violence crisis.
The lawsuit, announced on Friday, March 13, claims that GLOCK, Inc., one of the largest distributors of semi-automatic firearms in the country, has used deceptive marketing practices and has significantly contributed to the gun violence epidemic in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania by promoting the use of switches.
Switches, also known as “auto sears,” are small, illegal machine gun conversion devices that can be made out of plastic or metal, city officials said. After installation, a switch allows a firearm to fire continuously with a single trigger pull…