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"swift links," illegal gun conversion devices

ATF targets rise of "swift links," illegal gun conversion devices in North Texas

They are small and cheap, and they are turning legal rifles into illegal machine guns.

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Mexican drug cartels get Americans to smuggle weapons across border

"We have allowed the cartels to amass an army," a former ATF senior special agent told CBS News.

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