A surge of illegal homemade machine guns has helped fuel gun violence in the US
Machine guns have been tightly regulated in the U.S. since the bloody violence of Prohibition-era gangsters like Al Capone.
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Machine guns have been tightly regulated in the U.S. since the bloody violence of Prohibition-era gangsters like Al Capone.
Now thanks to cheap 3d printers like this and how-to demonstrations on youtube, making machine guns is a simple do it yourself project says earl griffith of atf. >> it's easy. watch this youtube. watched youtube and in matter of 15 minutes i was able to do it myself the first time. >> reporter: he's not kidding. we search ed youtube and found this. how-to demonstration. >> once you get it 3d printed. >> reporter: still up on youtube's platform. >> that's how you install and remove a glock auto seer. >> reporter: and getting hundreds of thousands of views even though the guy was arrested by atf...
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...
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. >> i'm not computer savvy but one of the guys says it's easy, watch this youtube. watched youtube and in the matter of 15 minutes i was able to do it myself the first time. >> reporter: h...