Reporter: It takes some time before the highest in power begin to kind of recognize this as a problem. The auto seer itself is already patently illegal to own, whether it's installed or not. So where does that leave us? We've got these cheap, extremely effective mod ations that are increasingly easy to find and people are buying them.
For less than $20 plus shipping everyday people can turn their handguns into machine guns. The Trace’s Alain Stephens explains the rise of the “auto-sear.”
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Richard Sima and Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram
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