Irving police, with help from local and federal authorities, arrested eight young people for buying and selling illegal gun modifications. The group is accused of obtaining Glock switches from China and then using social media to show them off and sell modified weapons. Thursday’s takedown was part of "Operation Texas Kill Switch," a statewide initiative taking aim at machine gun conversion devices, also known as "switches," which transform commercially available semi-automatic firearms into fully-automatic weapons capable of firing faster than military-grade machine guns. The recent arrests were also part of Irving Police Department’s "Operation Reel Switch," targeting the illegal possession and distribution of machine gun conversion devices in the metroplex. A partnership between Irving Police, ATF Dallas and Homeland Security Investigations Dallas, Operation Reel Switch was launched in September 2024.