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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 don't 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 officers were fired upon, all three wounded when a career criminal opened fire with a machine gun-style ...

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 city's 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 rounds. >> tom, that's like tuesday. tuesday in america we're having this? >> you should come here on th...

The atf sees 1500 machine gun conversion devices last year. that's five times as many as the year before. griffith says police departments across the country have confiscated modified machine guns, but many don't 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 the slaughter it leaves in its wake. this january, three more houston officers were fired upon, al...

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. >> i'm 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: he's not kidding. we searched youtube and found this. a how to demonstration. >> once you get it 3-d printed. >> reporter: that was still up on youtube's platform. >> that's how you install and remove a glock auto sear. >> reporter: and ge...