Democrats target machine gun conversion devicesĬongressional Democrats last month reintroduced legislation they hope will help authorities prevent the importation and trafficking of conversion devices such as auto sears and report data about auto sears in federal firearms tracking reports. “The use of 3D printers to unlawfully manufacture firearms, and to make devices to convert semiautomatic firearms into machine guns, poses a real and current threat to our communities," Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn said when Newhouse pleaded guilty. In the nation's capital, police told The Washington Post that guns with auto sears were being recovered more frequently in 2021 police seized 20 that year, double what they recovered in 2020.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives reported 120 of the devices were confiscated in the city in the first nine months of 2022, compared to about a dozen in 2021 and none in 2020. They're tiny metal or plastic pieces, the size of a dime, and quickly attached to the back of a semi-automatic.Īuto sears have been turning up more often in places like Louisville, Kentucky, the USA TODAY Network's Courier Journal reported. The auto sears Newhouse 3D printed are a type of conversion device that makes semi-automatic firearms act like machine guns that fire rapidly without the need to repeatedly pull a trigger. NEW GUN LAWS DOJ's gun control effort showing progress on straw purchases, gun trafficking Auto sears turn semi-automatic firearms into machine guns Newhouse pleaded guilty to two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of engaging in business as a manufacturer of firearms in September. "On July 13, 2022, Newhouse sold a confidential informant a firearm and several auto-sears," the DOJ said in a statement. Federal law designates auto sears as machine guns themselves. In 2022, he illegally possessed firearms and used 3D printers to manufacture a firearms component called an "auto sear," which turns a semi-automatic firearm into a fully automatic machine gun, the Justice Department said Thursday. Kent Edward Newhouse, 41, already had a felony conviction, making it illegal for him to have firearms. Watch Video: Protesters gather at Texas capitol to decry gun violenceĪ Jackson, Mississippi, man was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for illegally manufacturing machine guns using 3D printers, according to the Justice Department.
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