A Rockford man is suspected of selling machine gun conversion devices and 3D-printed weapon parts from his home. He was apprehended after Homeland Security authorities at O’Hare intercepted two “switch” devices he had ordered.
The Illinois State Police reported that on February 23, officers from the State Line Area Narcotics Team were contacted by the US Department of Homeland Security, who informed them that a package containing two of the illegal devices, which convert a semi-automatic pistol into a fully automatic machine gun, had been intercepted.
The package was addressed to a home in Rockford’s 3900 block of Elva Lane, but it was marked for collection at a Machensey Park CVS Pharmacy…