An 18-year-old Haltom City man could spend up to 10 years in federal prison for selling Glock switches, devices that can allow pistols to mimic machine guns.
His prosecution is part of Operation Texas Kill Switch, a statewide initiative to combat this rise in conversion devices that only began four months ago.
This case all began out of a mobile home in Haltom City.
Investigators say an undercover agent met up at a mobile home park with an 18-year-old who was selling firearms along with machine gun conversion devices known as ‘switches.’
Glock switches allow pistols to function as automatic weapons and are illegal modifications.
18-year-old Juan Angel Rendon was seen in a quick clip posted to his social media randomly opening fire out of a moving vehicle using a switch-equipped handgun.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas released the video Friday after Rendon pleaded guilty this week in federal court …