A Virtual Summit on Machinegun Conversion Devices: Defining the Threat and Taking Action

Moderator: State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy

Jens Ludwig, University of Chicago 

Chief Jeffrey Norman, Milwaukee Police Department

Chief Antoinette Ursitti, Chicago Police Department 

District Attorney Kevin Steele, Montgomery County, PA

Moderator: State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy

District Attorney Hillar Moore, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Rep. Dewith Carrier, Louisiana

Rep. Jo Anne Simon, New York

Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy, Massachusetts

Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexandra Amrhein, Massachusetts 

Assistant U.S. Attorney Luke Goldworm, Massachusetts 

Eric Tirschwell, Executive Director and Chief Litigation Counsel, Everytown Law

Lekha Menon, Litigation Attorney, Giffords Law Center

U.S. Attorney Leigha Simonton, Texas

Solomon Diamond, PhD, Dartmouth University

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Model Practice Form

Firearm Industry Responsibility Act in Illinois  (current citation was updated to 815 ILCS 505/2DDDD)

White House Executive Action on MCDs
White House Press Release
Full White House Executive Action

Ludwig, Jen and Jacob Miller. “We are seeing a lethal shift in America’s gun violence crisis.” Op Ed, Chicago Tribune,  24, March 2024. 

A summary by Giffords of federal and state law on MCDs

Lawsuit filed by Everytown and City of Chicago against Glock

Letter from State AGs demanding Glock preserve evidence of the easy with which its firearms can easily be converted into machineguns

New York legislation requiring gun makers to take reasonable steps to prevent their firearms from easily being converted into machineguns

Louisiana legislation prohibiting the possession, manufacture or transfer of machinegun conversion devices

Everytown-Case website
https://everytownlaw.org/case/chicago-sues-glock-inc-for-endangering-chicagoans-by-manufacturing-and-selling-handguns-that-can-be-easily-modified-to-illegal-machine-guns/ 

United States Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts 
District of Massachusetts | Federal Authorities Seize Over 350 Website Domains Used to Import Illegal Switches and Silencers from China | United States Department of Justice

Affidavit of Agent for Seizure