Birmingham, Ala.– Mayor Randall Woodfin called on the state Legislature to pass a glock switch ban after gunmen launched a barrage of bullets during a targeted hit in a crowd in downtown Birmingham Saturday night.

The mass shooting in the Five Points neighborhood of Birmingham Saturday night has led to new calls to ban devices that turn semi-automatic firearms into automatic ones. But it’s not clear if the proposals – introduced in the previous two sessions – can pass in a Legislature that has loosened most gun restrictions over the

After a mass shooting Saturday night in Birmingham, various politicians have called for the have called for legislation making the "Glock switches" allegedly used in the shooting illegal in Alabama.

The shooting, which left four dead and 17 injured, is just the latest spurt of mass violence made possible by the small 3D-printed part known as a “conversion device,” “Glock switch” or “auto sear.”

Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, emotional and angry after a mass shooting in one of the city’s most popular entertainment districts left four people dead and 17 injured, said politics need to be put aside in the name of public safety.