US seizes over 350 websites used to import gun parts from China
Source: Reuters
September 11, 2024 5:09 PM EDT Updated 2 hours ago
BOSTON, Sept 11 (Reuters) - U.S. authorities said on Wednesday they had seized more than 350 websites selling gun silencers and parts from China used to covert semiautomatic pistols into fully automatic machine guns.
Federal prosecutors in Boston said the seizures followed an investigation since August 2023 into websites, businesses and people offering to illegally sell and import machine gun conversion devices.
Law enforcement conducted undercover purchases from those websites of gun-related items, resulting in shipments from China of packages that falsely described their contents as containing materials like a "necklace" or "toys," prosecutors said. In fact, the packages contained machine gun conversion devices known as "switches" and silencers that are prohibited from being imported under the federal National Firearms Act, prosecutors said.
Many of the websites sold counterfeit goods and misused gun manufacturer Glock Inc's trademark to suggest the switches were produced by the company when they were not, authorities said in court papers. "The seizure of these domains is a critical step in disrupting the flow of dangerous contraband that threatens public safety," Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy in Massachusetts said in a statement.
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In so many ways. We will have to wait. The Supreme Court will allow them to carry on, unfortunately.Vote BLUE 
