A second teen has been charged in Birmingham for being in illegal possession of a Glock switch.

The Birmingham Police Department reports Special Enforcement Team arrested the 17-year-old boy Sunday, Birmingham police announced Thursday.

Officers arrested the suspect on Sunday, March 27, in the 7700 block of 1st Avenue North following serving an arrest warrant for a separate suspect who was with the juvenile.

BPD’s Felony Assault Unit detectives also investigated the case.

The Jefferson County Juvenile Magistrate’s Office issued a petition on the juvenile suspect for illegally possessing the machine conversion device.

He was taken to the Jefferson County Youth Detention Center.

Police last week announced the arrest of a 15-year-old on the same charge, and that teen became the first person in Birmingham to be arrested under Alabama’s new state ban on Glock switches.

The new law just recently went into effect and makes possessing any part or combination of parts designed and intended to convert a pistol into a machine gun punishable by a term between 366 days and 10 years, according to state code.

Glock switches – also known as auto sears or a button or a giggle switch – can unleash 20 rounds per second or 1,200 rounds a minute.

Up until the new Alabama law, the federal government prosecuted all Glock switch cases.

Mayor Randall Woodfin has said a Crime Stoppers program would facilitate $1,000 rewards for the arrest of people caught in possession of gun conversion devices.

Woodfin encouraged calling Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777, and in a part of the message aimed at the general citizen, wrote in a social media post, “Help us get these switch boys off our streets.”