WFAA – (WBAP/KLIF)- A Fort Worth man faces federal charges with alleged manufacture and selling of 3D printed machine gun conversion devices. Federal officials say they seized more than 650 conversion or “switch” devices; when put into pistols and semi-automatic rifles, they convert the weapons into free-fire machine guns.
Fort Worth law enforcement is reported to be seeing an increase in shootings iwth these conversion devices this year. Xavier Desean Watson faces up to a decade in federal prison if convicted.
A news release suggests undercover ATF agents bought 33 conversion devices, and a 3D printed AR-15 style pistol from Watson, who allegedly told agents he could produce about 400 switches every day.
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