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Many are now being made by the hundreds locally by inexpensive 3D printers in just minutes. No longer are switches just being manufactured overseas and sold online.
"This has been a big shift," said Jeffrey Boshek, special agent in charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives (ATF) Dallas Field Division. DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Law enforcement's concerns over proliferation of illegal handgun switches in North Texas is being compounded by use of 3D printers to make them.
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