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"Converting a semi-automatic weapon into a fully automatic weapon that discharges all bullets within seconds doesn’t belong on our domestic streets," he wrote, adding that the city does not have the power to outlaw Glock switches, only the state.
Does this guy not know that it's already illegal at the federal level? You can buy these things on sites like temu. I got a temu ad on Facebook one time that showed one. They will never outlaw semi auto pistols in a red state, there's nothing they can do except block websites where you can buy these items, even then you can 3d print or machine one on your own.
I mean, it's pretty straightforward to run sting buy operations and then go after the platform selling illegal products. I'm surprised there isn't an ATF taskforce devoted to combing the usual internet marketplaces and then filing federal charges.
I'm sure they have immunity because they are an intermediary, just like a social media company isn't responsible for the content their users post as long as they remove illegal content when they see it.
This. It is already 100% illegal to manufacture new machineguns at the Federal level, which carries a 10 year prison sentence for each count, not to mention the felonious assaults that occurred.
The official saying this is literally just coming up with the most half assed "not our fault" bit of press junket garbage he can. Either that or he is deliberately lying because he doesn't align politically with the state level politicians and wants to try to apply false blame to them.
It is unconstitutional to outlaw Glock handguns, and the full auto bits are already illegal. The actual solution is to 1) find the perps and put them under the fucking jail and 2) sanction the fuck out of Chinese commercial entities that are actively trying to destabilize the US with fentanyl and illegal weapons.