Law enforcement leans on 3D-printer industry to help thwart machine gun conversion devices
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Justice Department officials are turning to the 3D-printing industry to help stop the proliferation of tiny pieces of plastic transforming semi-automatic weapons into illegal homemade machine guns on streets across America.
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