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One man was sentenced to 13-and-a-half years in prison for having the device, which transforms the handgun into an automatic weapon.

15 MINUTES TO ALL RIGHT, MIKE, THANK YOU. A NORTH CAROLINA MAN WILL SPEND 13 AND A HALF YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR SEVERAL CHARGES. >> INCLUDING POSSESSING WHAT'S CALLED A GLOCK SWITCH. IT'S A DEVICE WAS PLACED ON A GLOCK HANDGUN. MAKES IT FULLY AUTOMATIC. HE'S A SECOND NORTH CAROLINA MAN SENTENCE RECENTLY FOR HAVING IT. WRAL'S JOE JACKSON WAS IN FEDERAL COURT TODAY. SHE JOINS US LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. CHILLY. THIS SENTENCE IS SENDING A MESSAGE. >> WELL, IT SURE IS JUST HAVING THAT DEVICE. GERALD WILL GET YOU ABOUT 10 YEARS IN PRISON AND A $250,000 FINE. PROSECUTORS, PROSECUTORS SAY THIS SHOULD SEND A BIG MESSAGE. >> LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS SEEN A RISE IN AUTO, SEARS OR SWITCHES ON OUR STREETS. A SINGLE GLOCK SWITCH CONVERTED HANDGUN, CONDEMN 50 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION IN A MATTER OF SECONDS. IT'S A BIG CONCERN FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHERE WE HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO ARE EVEN CARRYING FULLY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS, TRYING TO ARREST AND APPREHEND OFFENDERS. FELONS WHO ARE CARING FOR THE AUTOMATIC GUNS. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN HOUSTON IN 2020. THIS IS BODY CAMERA VIDEO. ONE POLICE OFFICER WAS KILLED AND ANOTHER WOUNDED AS THEY TRIED TO ARREST A MAN ON DRUG CHARGES. DIAZ USED TO PLACE US IN THE STATE. >> HOUSTON POLICE SAY THE GUN THE SUSPECT USED HAD BEEN CONVERTED INTO A FULLY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS IN NORTH CAROLINA. 2 MEN CAUGHT WITH THESE MODIFIED GUNS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN SENTENCED. 19 YEAR-OLD MICAH BAPTIST AT A PITT COUNTY WAS SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS. AND 24 YEAR-OLD TYRESE DAWSON FROM WILMINGTON WILL SERVE 13 AND A HALF THIS DEFENDANT WAS A PROLIFIC TRAFFICKER PUSHING OUT >> MODIFIED GUNS MODIFIED NOT JUST TO BE FULLY AUTOMATIC, BUT ALSO TO NOT HAVE SERIAL NUMBERS. PROSECUTORS ASKED FOR 115 MONTH SENTENCE FOR DAWSON. THE JUDGE UPPED THAT TO 162. IF YOU ARE CARRYING A MACHINE GUN IN YOUR PARTICULAR, IF YOU'RE USING IT IN THE CONTEXT OF DRUG TRAFFICKING, YOU COULD FACE A VERY SERIOUS SENTENCE. >> NOW THE ATF SAYS ABOUT 5,000 OF THESE GLOCK SWITCHES HAVE BEEN RECOVERED THROUGHOUT THE U.S. OVER THE PAST 5 YEARS. THAT'S UP ALMOST 600% FROM THE PREVIOUS 5 YEARS. JERROLD.

Two NC men sentenced for having Glock switches

Glock switches are placed on Glock handguns, making them fully automatic. Authorities said having the switch can carry a 10-year prison sentence and a $250,000 fine. When converted, the converted handgun can dump 50 rounds of ammunition in a matter of seconds, making it a big concern for law enforcement officers across the country.

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Law enforcement agencies in North Carolina are seeing a sharp increase in the number of ghost guns recovered.

No background check, no serial number: Triangle area law enforcement sees spike in ghost guns

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WRAL Investigates the rise in ghost guns hitting our streets and how technology is making it easier than ever to access a firearm here in North Carolina.

<p>WRL investigates the rise of ghost guns hitting our streets and are ghost guns legal. It depends how technology is making it easier than ever to access firearms here in North Carolina tonight at six on WRL.</p>

Untraceable ghost guns! WRAL Investigates how the internet makes it easier than ever to access a firearm

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Mike Easley Jr., the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, said: "North Carolina is among some of the top states in the country for the number of ghost guns that are seized as crime guns." PolitiFact NC checks the claim.

Fact check: Is North Carolina a top state for ghost gun confiscations?

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As the federal government looks to take action on untraceable "ghost guns," Roanoke Rapids police say they've made one of the first-ever seizures of this type of homemade weapon in central North Carolina history.

NEWS COVERAGE. YOU CAN GO HOME. >> WITH THE WHITE HOUSE TAKING AIM AT SO-CALLED GHOST GUNS. WRAL WANTED TO KNOW HOW ALTON THOSE GUNS TURN OFF IN OUR AREA. SO A FEW PHONE CALLS LATER WRAL'S KEENAN, WILLARD FOUND ONE CONFISCATED JUST DAYS AGO IN ROANOKE RAPIDS. HE TALKED TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE THERE WHO CALLED ON LAWMAKERS TO TAKE ACTION. NOW. IT LOOKS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER GUN. BUT THIS AR 15 TYPE PISTOL WAS BUILT FROM A KIT AND CAN'T BE TRACKED. THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED A GHOST GUN AND IT COULD POSE NEW PROBLEMS FOR INVESTIGATORS. POLICE SAY JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT ON MONDAY, THESE 3 MEN FROM NORTHAMPTON COUNTY LED THEM ON A CHASE THROUGH ROANOKE RAPIDS. THEY SAY THE MAN RAN RED LIGHTS BEFORE CRASHING THROUGH THE FENCE OF A SKATE PARK WHERE THEY WERE ARRESTED INSIDE THE CAR. POLICE SAY THEY FOUND CRACK COCAINE, MARIJUANA AND THIS AR 15 TYPE PISTOL OFFICERS SOON REALIZED THEY'D NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE SEAS TO WHAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED IS A GHOST GUN. WHAT THAT MEANS IS IT HAS NO SERIAL NUMBER. >> PRETTY MUCH UNTRACEABLE. THE ROANOKE RAPIDS. POLICE CHIEF SAYS THIS WEAPON WAS HOMEMADE FROM A KID AND ISN'T REGISTERED ANYWHERE. HE SAYS IT'S THE FIRST GHOST GUN HIS DEPARTMENT'S EVER RECOVERED. WRAL DATA TRACKERS FOUND JUST 9 PREVIOUS INCIDENTS IN STATE HISTORY WHERE POLICE COLLECTED THESE UNTRACEABLE WEAPONS AND ONLY ONE OF THEM WAS IN OUR AREA COMING IN TARBORO BACK IN 2016. IT'S IT'S CONCERNING IN THE FACT THAT THE POPS UP IN THE HANDS OF SOMEBODY THAT IS NOT LEGALLY ABLE TO POSSESS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS LAST YEAR POLICE NATIONWIDE RECOVERED 10 TIMES AS MANY GHOST GUNS AS THEY DID IN 2016 THIS WEEK. THEY'RE TAKING ACTION ANNOUNCING RULE THAT WOULD BAN COMPANIES FROM SELLING GHOST GUN KITS WITHOUT A SERIAL NUMBER ON THEM AND REQUIRE POTENTIAL BUYERS TO GO THROUGH BACKGROUND CHECKS. THE ROANOKE RAPIDS, POLICE CHIEF SAYS WITHOUT MORE REGULATION RISING ON MARK GHOST GUNS COULD LEAVE THEM UNABLE TO FIND AND ARREST SUSPECTS THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AND THEN WITHOUT ANYTHING TO TRACE AND TRACK IT FROM THERE. THAT'S WHERE THE INVESTIGATION STALLS POTENTIALLY UNLESS WE GET A BREAK IN THE CASE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M I'M HOPING THAT SOMETHING. >> AND THAT WITH ASSIST US IN OUR INVESTIGATIONS. CAN WILLARD WRAL NEWS, HALIFAX COUNTY. SO THAT'S THE THAT'S THE STORY IN ROANOKE RAPIDS. WE ONE OF THE CALL AROUND THOSE WE CHECK WITH SOME OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN OUR AREA. >> TO SEE HOW OFTEN THEY ENCOUNTER THESE GHOST GUNS. RALEIGH AND DURHAM POLICE BOTH SAID THEY DID NOT HAVE THAT INFORMATION. NEITHER DID WAKE OR DURHAM COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS. WE'RE STILL WAITING

Roanoke Rapids police recover 'ghost gun' after chase

As the federal government looks to take action on untraceable "ghost guns," police in Roanoke Rapids say they've made one of the first-ever seizures of this type of homemade weapon in central North Carolina history.

Ghost guns Coverage

Two NC men sentenced for having Glock switches

Two NC men sentenced for having Glock switches

No background check, no serial number: Triangle area law enforcement sees spike in ghost guns

Untraceable ghost guns! WRAL Investigates how the internet makes it easier than ever to access a firearm

NC gangs use social media, pretending to be 'public interest groups,' to lure kids

Fact check: Is North Carolina a top state for ghost gun confiscations?

Roanoke Rapids police recover 'ghost gun' after chase

Ghost gun recovered in Roanoke Rapids chase as federal government seeks more regulations for unmarked weapons