The ATF says the number of machine gun conversion devices seized by law enforcement rose 570% from 2017 to 2021, and early figures from 2023 show another huge jump.
Well a good start would be investigating the high school kids posting TikTok videos of them having Glocks modified in visibly obvious ways. Chances are they didn’t obtain the original pistols legally either.
Oh, so stopping people and checking whatever guns they’re carrying?
No? So checking guns at the homes they’re registered to?
Oh we don’t do that? Huh, wonder why.
Well a good start would be investigating the high school kids posting TikTok videos of them having Glocks modified in visibly obvious ways. Chances are they didn’t obtain the original pistols legally either.
Tell me you wouldn’t clench, reading a headline like ‘ATF program monitoring social media arrests twelve.’
Or ‘judge OKs warrants based on gun appearance in online video.’
Convince me firearm fanatics wouldn’t lose their goddamn minds over the feds doing what you’re asking.