An Oklahoma man has admitted to illegally converting 177 guns into assault rifle-style pistols and selling them in Florida. He faces up to 10 years in prison.
An Oklahoma man, Christopher John Murchison, pleaded guilty to two counts of making false statements on records as a licensed firearms dealer. He was involved in a trafficking scheme in Florida, illegally converting and selling 177 firearms and classifying them as assault rifle-style pistols for resale. Murchison, along with Michael Sawyer and Randolph Swindle, aided each other in this operation. Sawyer purchased firearms online and shipped them to Swindle, a federal firearms licensee.
Sawyer prefilled ATF Form 4473s using his, his mother’s, and his friend’s names, which he then gave to Murchison to obtain the firearms from Swindle. Murchison rebuilt the firearms into assault rifle-style pistols, which were returned to Sawyer for resale. Authorities discovered this scheme between July 2021 and February 2022
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