FDLE: Glock recovered in traffic stop had been converted into fully-automatic handgun

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FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – Investigators with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement person revealed that a Glock handgun that had been converted into a fully-automatic limb was among respective items recovered by deputies during a postulation halt successful Flagler County.

According to Flagler County deputies, Benjamin Bowie, 23, was wanted connected a warrant retired of Georgia for expansive theft car astatine the clip of his apprehension successful November. When the arresting lawman searched his vehicle, investigators said, they recovered marijuana on with aggregate firearms, magazines and look masks. Records amusement helium was arrested connected a felony firearm complaint and different misdemeanor charges, but present faces an further complaint of possession of a abbreviated barreled firearm.

The guns were sent to the FDLE transgression lab, wherever investigators said they determined 1 of the guns -- a Glock 17 -- was converted into a fully-automatic handgun.

Machine guns are amerciable successful the U.S. unless you person a peculiar national firearm licence to ain 1 oregon if the weapon was made earlier 1986. Investigators said neither information applies successful this case.

“Any firearm that is utilized for transgression reasons oregon has alterations to marque it execute extracurricular of the mode it was intended, evidently creates a higher hazard to us,” said Jon Welker, part main astatine the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.

News4JAX transgression and information adept Ken Jefferson says a concealed automatic limb this tiny successful the incorrect hands not lone poses a information for instrumentality enforcement, but besides the wide public.

“All the powerfulness these weapons have, and the footwear that it has, unless you are precise proficient successful handling it and knowing what the footwear is going to be, it could get retired of control,” Jefferson said.

Welker says that portion instrumentality enforcement is acrophobic astir this benignant of limb connected the streets, they are much disquieted astir the idiosyncratic who is successful possession of it.

“Their motives. The things they are looking to do. That’s truly wherever the absorption is,” Welker said.

“If 1 idiosyncratic cognize however to person it, you tin champion judge determination are ore who cognize however to person it arsenic well,” Jefferson added. “Just haven’t travel crossed them yet.”