Alabama Rep. Patrick Sellers, D-Pleasant Grove, has pre-filed a bill that would prohibit trigger activators, otherwise known as Glock switches, in Jefferson County.

Within the bill’s text, a trigger activator is defined as “any part or combination of parts designed and intended for use in converting or enabling a firearm to shoot automatically more than one shot without manual reloading by a single function of the trigger.”

Under HB73, any person found possessing such a device would be liable for a civil penalty of at least $1,000 for each violation.

The bill states that it does not apply to:

• State or local law enforcement officers acting in an official capacity.
• A person who lawfully has in his or her possession, control, care, or custody a trigger activator pursuant to federal law.
• Any trigger activator designed or intended to increase a firearm’s rate of fire but that does not enable a semiautomatic firearm to fire more than two shots, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.

Sellers previously told WBRC that localized legislation was necessary because 53% of the state’s violent crimes happen in Jefferson County and Montgomery.

And while Glock switches are illegal federally, there is no state ban.

“This issue is really bad,” he said.

“Because they are mass producing by 3D printers and other distribution, we have got to do something about it. This is just one way of starting to apply a little bit of pressure, a little bit different on those that are caught with Glock switches.”

Efforts to reach Sellers were not immediately successful.

If passed, the bill would go into effect on Oct. 1.

Sellers is one of several legislators sponsoring bills aimed at reducing gun violence.

Rep. Phillip Ensler, D-Montgomery, is once again sponsoring legislation that makes anyone caught with a Glock switch on a pistol subject to a Class C felony, punishable by up to 10 years in state prison.

Rep. Kenyatte Hassell’s, D- Montgomery, HB23 would require a person to have a permit to carry an assault-style weapon on their person or in their vehicle. Rep. Juandalynn Givan’s, D- Birmingham, HB62 would ban bump stocks in Birmingham.

And Sen. Rodger Smitherman, D-Birmingham, has prefiled a series of bills aimed at increasing penalties for firearm related offenses and banning Glock switches in response to the Sept. 21 mass shooting at Hush Lounge.