Gaston Glock, left, the inventor of the Glock handgun, with Pete Dickey of the National Rifle Association in 1988. In 2017, Forbes estimated worldwide Glock sales at more than $500 million, with a ...

What is a Glock switch? Also called a "chip" or "auto sear," it's a small device that gets installed on the back of a Glock handgun.

He was 94. The Glock company announced his death, the Austria Press Agency reported. Austrian engineer Gaston Glock, seen here in 2003, died Dec. 27, 2023 at the age of 94.