SEQUIM – KONP, in an exclusive investigation, has learned that on March 28th, two days after the nation’s ban on bump stocks went into effect, at around 1:00 P.M., members of the Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team (OPNET) and agents with Homeland Security served a search warrant at a residence located on the 300 block of West Fir Street in Sequim, across the street from Helen Haller Elementary School.
The warrant was served after the United States Postal Inspector alerted those agencies that they had intercepted a package from China that contained items that would convert a semi-automatic handgun into a fully automatic handgun in violation of both state and federal law.
During the course of the search, a firearm compatible with the above parts was located.
No arrests were made during the search warrant as the investigation is still ongoing.
The above information, provided by OPNET, had to be cleared by Homeland Security before we were given access to it.
The devices seized convert the trigger of a Glock handgun and make it fire similar to a bump stock on a semi-automatic rifle. A source in law enforcement told KONP that it “exploits a flaw in a Glock’s trigger design”.
Weapons developer Colin Despins of Madison, Wisconsin and owner of Max Venom Products Group, announced last year that he had invented a bump-stock for pistols, and was selling them for $299.
Also known as a fast fire device, he said it could be readily added and removed from the Glock in seconds and without any tools.
Despins opened an account on Indiegogo, a crowdfunding website for entrepreneurs, with the hope of raising $25,000 to fund production. That account has raised zero dollars and the page has the following heading: “This campaign is under review. It is not accepting contributions.”
How the devices came to be sold out of China and through what website or other source the Sequim resident ordered them is not known, but a source with OPNET told KONP via email: “Because the investigation is still ongoing there is no other information that we want to make available at this moment.”
Photo: Rendered image of illegal device.