KC man pleads guilty after selling machine gun, ammunition to undercover agent
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 24-year-old Kansas City, Missouri man has pleaded guilty in federal court for possessing and transferring three machine gun conversion devices.
Demetrius Harris, also known as 'Meech,' pleaded guilty on Tuesday to one count of illegally possessing machine guns, an Anderson Manufacturing AM-15 multi-caliber firearm with an AR-type machine gun conversion device and two AR-type machine gun conversion devices.
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Court documents say on Jan. 24, 2024, Harris sold an AR-style firearm containing an auto sear, two additional auto sears, and ammunition to an undercover agent for $1,060.
Last November, Demetrius and his brother Darius R. Harris, also known as 'D' and 'D2,' 22, of Raytown, on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. Those indictments were unsealed and made public following the arrests and initial court appearances of both suspects.
Darius Harris was charged with two counts of illegally possessing and transferring a Glock-type machine gun conversion device on two separate occasions, on Oct. 30, 2023, and on Nov. 9, 2023.
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According to the Department of Justice, machine gun conversion devices, also known as 'switches' or 'auto sears,' are used to convert semi-automatic weapons into machine guns that fire multiple shots automatically through a single pull of the trigger, enabling more rapid and often less accurate gunfire.
The DOJ said whether or not they are attached to a firearm, these devices constitute machine guns under federal law. It is therefore illegal to possess, sell, or use machine gun conversion devices.
A sentencing hearing for Demetrius Harris will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation by the United States Probation Office.
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