KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Investigators say a Kansas City man who had homemade devices that turned regular weapons into weapons of war is now in jail.
Dalton Johnston is accused of selling pieces to alter firearms after a sting investigation. Investigators say he had hundreds of the homemade devices before he was caught.
“These dangerously lethal and illegal weapons pose a threat to both public safety and the safety of law enforcement officers,” Teresa Moore, the United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, said.
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“These highly dangerous devices transform a street corner into a combat zone, devastating entire communities,” Special Agent Bernard Hansen with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms — Kansas City Field Division said.
Johnston now faces the harsh repercussions of his alleged actions. Federal prosecutors say he had and was making hundreds of machine conversion devices – turning semi-automatic firearms into fully automatic machine guns.