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With ‘conversion switch’ devices, machine guns return to U.S. streets
MSN.com ^ | December 6, 2023 | Tom Jackman

Posted on 12/06/2023 12:27:42 PM PST by Twotone

The earsplitting, heart-stopping roar of fully automatic weapons hasn’t been often heard on America’s streets since Congress largely outlawed them in 1934. But now it’s back, owing to a small device that is easily plugged into certain handguns and rifles, converting semiautomatic firearms into guns capable of firing 20 bullets in one second — with one pull of the trigger.

In Sacramento last year, a handgun converted into a machine gun was used during a gun battle that left six dead, in what has been called Sacramento’s deadliest mass shooting. In Minneapolis, eight people were wounded in August amid a spray of 40 bullets fired in just seconds. In 2021, a Houston police officer was killed and another wounded by a suspect with a pistol equipped with the device.

And in D.C.’s NoMa neighborhood in August last year, a drug dealer who was shot at returned fire with 24 shots in one burst along North Capitol Street, authorities said. His target, a car that had been used in a drive-by shooting, sped away, while two people were wounded, according to court records.

“It’s incredibly scary,” said Matthew M. Graves, the District’s U.S. attorney, citing the rising number of conversion devices found in the city in recent years. There were 27 guns recovered with the devices in 2021. The number rose to 119 last year, and, as of late October, the number was more than 150, Graves said. Police often find extended magazines attached to the guns, to hold more than the standard 12 or 13 bullets contained in most magazines, and they have even seized round drum magazines, which can hold 50 or more bullets.

“We have no shortage, unfortunately, of crime scenes where we have strong reason to believe...that one of these devices was used,” Graves said.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: automaticweapons; banglist; conversiondevice; fakenews; machinegun; tomjackman; tomjackwad; washingtoncompost
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To: Twotone

It’s amazing that any Americans survived the horrible days of gang violence when they had access to legal machine guns before they were banned.

/s


21 posted on 12/06/2023 1:17:18 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: Twotone

That’s Nothing , With todays High Speed Transmission Devices, Presstitutes can spread their dangerous propaganda worldwide in seconds without a care in the world about how many Billions they are Deceiving.


22 posted on 12/06/2023 1:17:22 PM PST by eyeamok
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To: Twotone
In Sacramento last year, a handgun converted into a machine gun was used during a gun battle...

That's awful! Why, it should be illegal to convert a handgun into a machine gun.

Oh, it is? Then problem solved.

23 posted on 12/06/2023 1:21:12 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: DeplorablePaul

They were giggling. All I could think of is much money they were spraying around.

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That right there would keep me from buying a machine gun even if they were easily available.


24 posted on 12/06/2023 1:22:19 PM PST by Graybeard58 (There are only two sexes but there are 57 different types of queers.)
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To: Graybeard58

I also belong to an outdoor range. Over on the rifle range I would marvel at the guys who fired a carefully aimed shot. Scoped the hit. Fiddled around. Maybe shoot five or ten rounds while I was emptying my day’s quota of AR-15 shots. Now I know why. When I started 5.56 was 42 cents a round. Now they’re up around a dollar last I checked.


25 posted on 12/06/2023 1:28:06 PM PST by DeplorablePaul
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To: NorthMountain

if the “skinny jeans” author ever heard real automatic fire those jeans would NOT be skinny for long.


26 posted on 12/06/2023 1:31:40 PM PST by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star )
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To: Twotone
No discussion of how various US attorney's offices are completely failing to arrest and convict felons in possession or those possessing such devices, which are already a serious felony.

But a guy on Youtube merely mocking the NFA by talking about how ridiculously easy it is to use a credit-card like template to convert an AR rifle to full auto is arrested, convicted, and sentenced to hard time.

The government's animus is obviously directed at conservatives and not actual criminals because we are their real enemies.

27 posted on 12/06/2023 1:53:13 PM PST by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: DeplorablePaul
You need to check again.
I just glanced at Ammoseek and there is all the 223 you could ever shoot going for about .44 p/rd.
28 posted on 12/06/2023 2:12:08 PM PST by skimbell
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To: skimbell

Thanks. When I got my last Covid check, I bought a backup AR and 2000 rounds. I piled the 2000 rounds on top of the other 4000 I had. So I haven’t checked in a while.


29 posted on 12/06/2023 2:16:05 PM PST by DeplorablePaul
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To: Twotone

My younger brother joined the Army back in the 1980s at age 33. I remember him say the Army was considering making the M-16 fire a 3-round burst instead of full automatic fire because full auto was mainly a waste of ammunition.

Did the Army ever do this?


30 posted on 12/06/2023 2:23:31 PM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: Twotone

Arresting and jailing inner city teens for customizing firearms is racist.


31 posted on 12/06/2023 2:34:23 PM PST by MrBambaLaMamba (The only good commie is one that's dead - Country Joe McDonald)
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To: NorthMountain

Yeah, well twin 50cals are heart stopping and earsplitting and TOTALLY AWESOME!


32 posted on 12/06/2023 2:44:09 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
There is a video done by a Class III FFL who legally possessed a "switch" for a Glock. He took a stock Glock 17 to the range and demonstrated the swap out of the rear plate on the slide for the "switch". He then installed a large mag and turned it loose. It indeed fired full auto. Possession of the switch by a non-Class III FFL is a felony. The harsh truth is they are sold in bad parts of town for $30 to $50.
33 posted on 12/06/2023 2:46:30 PM PST by Myrddin
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To: libertylover

Yes. On full auto you are inaccurate and can shoot off your entire supply in a very few minutes. Plus it’ll burn out the barrel much faster. They shifted to 3 Rd burst control at some point.


34 posted on 12/06/2023 2:48:02 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: DeplorablePaul
Over on the rifle range I would marvel at the guys who fired a carefully aimed shot.

That has always been my practice. A big day on the range might be 10 rounds in a tight group at 100 yards to be certain the scope or irons are properly zeroed.

35 posted on 12/06/2023 2:50:10 PM PST by Myrddin
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To: Twotone

I’d love to have one but not stupid enough to buy one.


36 posted on 12/06/2023 2:51:18 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Seruzawa
My range had a Valentine's Day special. Dinner and full auto. My wife and I split a 50 round box to try out the Glock 18. I kept my rounds on the paper, but was quite surprised that in addition to recoil, the rifled barrel causes a muzzle rise and twist to the upper right. My wife did just fine as well. Kept most of her rounds on the paper too.

Having experienced firing the Glock 18, I really wouldn't own one. A good semi-auto pistol in 9mm/10mm/45Auto is satisfactory for personal defense.

37 posted on 12/06/2023 2:55:51 PM PST by Myrddin
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To: NorthMountain

Gersh Kuntzman, is that you?


38 posted on 12/06/2023 3:38:00 PM PST by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: Myrddin

Good for you. Apparently others adopted your strategy as well.. We have steel targets at 100 and 200 yds that go gong went hit. I get a kick out of ringing the bell. Gong. Gong. Gong. Not nearly as precise as you though.


39 posted on 12/06/2023 3:46:30 PM PST by DeplorablePaul
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To: Twotone

I’ve seen these for Glocks. They are regular 9mm pistols, then they stick in 30 round magazines.

I cannot imagine they hit anything after the second bullet, but it sends the rounds down range fast. Then it jams.


40 posted on 12/06/2023 3:49:04 PM PST by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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