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He was also accused of selling an auto-sear, which is used to convert semi-automatic weapons into full-auto machine guns.

Conversion devices last year, that is five times as many as the year before. griffith says police departments across the country have confiscated modified machine guns but many dont even know it. >> a lot of them have never seen some of these devices, like laying here. when we tell them, they go back into their evidence vault and look and check and find this stuff. >> reporter: more and more, this stuff is being found in the slaughter it leaves in its wake. this january, three more houston offic...

This january three more houston officers were fired upon, all three wounded when a career criminal opened fire with a machine gun style pistol. when they arrested him, they found more machine gun parts and 3d printers. in sacramento this april, a massacre on the citys downtown streets. six tdead, a dozen injured. one of the guns in the shootout had an auto sear or switch to make it fully automatic. >> all of these in the last 24 hours. >> four rounds, nine rounds, ten rounds, 18 rounds, 27 round...

The atf sees 1500 machine gun conversion devices last year. thats five times as many as the year before. griffith says police departments across the country have confiscated modified machine guns, but many dont even know it. >> a lot of them have never seen some of these devices, like laying here. >> reporter: right. >> and when we tell them about it, they go back into their evidence vault and they look and check and they find this stuff. >> reporter: more and more, this stuff is being found in ...

Southern border. now thanks to cheap 3-d printers like this and how to demonstrations on youtube, making machine guns is a simple do it yourself project, says earl griffith of atf. >> im not computer savvy. one of the guys says it is easy, watch this youtube. watch youtube and in a matter of 15 minutes i was able to do it myself the first time. >> reporter: hes not kidding. we searched youtube and found this. a how to demonstration. >> once you get it 3-d printed. >> reporter: that was still up ...

This. >> whoa! >> reporter: this is the gun range of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives. where an undercover agent shows how a tiny device called an auto sear can turn almost any gun into a machine gun. >> holy moly. >> reporter: this is houston, where a team of police officers tried to serve a warrant, body cameras on. >> step out, houston police. >> reporter: 30 years experience conducting 2500 previous major offender arrests couldnt help a cop named bill jeffrey. houston ...

Found more machine gun parts and 3-d printers. in sacramento this april a massacre on the citys downtown streets. six dead, a dozen injured, one of the guns in the shootout according to police had an auto sear or switch to make it fully automatic. >> awful these in the last 24 hours -- >> nine rounds, ten rounds, 18 rounds, 27 rounds. >> tom, thats like tuesday. >> yes. >> tuesday in america were having this? >> you should come here on the weekend. >> reporter: this is shot spotter, it locates g...

Streets of houston anywhere in the united states. >> reporter: but there is demand. cheap illegal pieces first imported from china were being sold easily over the internet when atf and customs cracked down smuggling began across the southern border. now thanks to cheap 3-d printers like this and how-to demonstrations on youtube, making machine guns is a simple do it yourself project says earl griffith of atf. >> im not computer savvy but one of the guys says its easy, watch this youtube. watched...

And how dangerous these can be. >> reporter: they are the size of a lego, come in colors of the rainbow and in seconds can turn americas most popular handgun from firing like this -- to th this. >> whoa. >> reporter: this is the gun range of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives where an undercover agent shows how a tiny device called an auto sear can turn almost any gun into a machine gun. >> holy moly. >> reporter: this is houston where a team of police officers tried to serv...

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