Milwaukee man faces prison time for smuggling machine gun conversion devices [Video]

HOST THE SAINTS. DECEMBER 23RD. A MILWAUKEE MAN IS HEADED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR SELLING HUNDREDS OF DEVICES THAT ARE USED TO CONVERT HANDGUNS INTO MACHINE GUNS. A JUDGE SENTENCED 22 YEAR OLD DEMARIO ROBINSON TO MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR SELLING SWITCHES IN MILWAUKEE AND IN CHICAGO. 12 NEWS NICK BOHR REPORTS. THE FBI AND MILWAUKEE POLICE HOPE THE SENTENCE SENDS A MESSAGE. 12 NEWS FIRST HIGHLIGHTED THE SPREAD OF MACHINE GUN CONVERSION DEVICES KNOWN AS SWITCHES, IN A SPECIAL REPORT LAST YEAR. THE TINY PIECE OF METAL ALLOWS A SEMIAUTOMATIC HANDGUN TO FIRE DOZENS OF ROUNDS WITH ONE TRIGGER PULL. MAKING IT A MACHINE GUN. TODAY IN FEDERAL COURT, A SIGNIFICANT BLOW TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF THOSE DEVICES IN MILWAUKEE WITH THE SENTENCING OF 22 YEAR OLD DEMARIO ROBINSON TO MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR IMPORTING HUNDREDS OF THE DEVICES AND SELLING THEM …