A New York bill would block the sale of pistols that could be converted to fire like machine guns, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

The proposed legislation would be the first of its kind in the country and it’s expected to be introduced Tuesday, according to the report.

The bill takes aim at gun makers who don’t put in safeguards to prevent their hand guns from being converted by pistol converters or Glock switches. The devices, roughly the size of a thumbnail, allow the gun’s magazine to be emptied by holding own the trigger, similar to that of a machine gun, bill sponsor and state Sen. Zellnor Myrie, D-Brooklyn, said.

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