ATF

Federal agents say they are ceasing pistols rigged as automatic weapons on a scale they’ve never seen before. NBC 7’s Investigates reporter Alexis Rivas has more.

The illegal devices that convert semi-automatic weapons into machine guns go by many names: switches, auto-sears, bump stocks, and more. The effect is the same; a weapon that only fires a single bullet each time the trigger is pulled can now unload all the bullets in its clip by holding down the trigger.

NBC 7 Investigates the devices that are being seized in record numbers.

For months, agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives had been building a case that ultimately traced nearly 300 firearms purchased in Georgia.