



Morales-Ramirez was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge C.J. The Glock conversion device, also known as a Glock switch, had been printed on a 3D printer. During a search, police located a Glock conversion device designed and intended solely and exclusively for use in converting a weapon into a machinegun. Jose Morales-Ramirez, age 20, from Marshalltown, Iowa, received the prison term after a Januguilty plea to illegal possession of a machine gun.Įvidence during the case at trial showed that police responded to Morales-Ramirez’s residence after receiving reports from neighbors regarding possible gun shots. A man who illegally possessed a 3D printed Glock switch designed to convert a handgun into an automatic weapon was sentenced today to two years in federal prison.
