Posted on 08/28/2021 7:56:40 AM PDT by rellimpank
Laws designed to reduce gun violence have too many loopholes, and now a significant one is getting more worrisome, a rule that allows the proliferation of so-called “ghost guns.” The ghost gun loophole needs to be closed.
Ghost guns are deadly firearms that purchasers assemble themselves, skirting the federal requirement for serial numbers that U.S. gun manufacturers and importers must comply with.
Editorials Because they don’t have serial numbers or other identifiers, ghost guns can rarely be traced. Some include no metal and don’t trigger metal detectors. They can be ordered online by someone using no more than a shipping address and payment information. They can even be “printed” with 3-D printers, although weapons made that way are not as sturdy or durable. With the right tools, buyers can assemble the guns in 15 minutes, and extremists explain how to make them in online forums. People can even mass produce them. They can cost as little as $50 to $75.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicago.suntimes.com ...
“The usual” indeed.
Countless murders in Chicago and just how many are from “ghost guns”?
In the long list of things to worry about, ghost guns, white nationalists, and climate change are at the very bottom of the barrel. There is ZERO danger from any of them.
Well, criminals do respect the law...
When will we finally get some common sense licensing and regulations for Commercial Speech, for Compensation or Gain, using a High Capacity Transmission Device??
Has ANY 80% gun ever been used in a crime?
Banning ghost guns is as effective as banning ghosts.
See kids. There are no more skeery thangs in the closet.
Who this “we” the press always uses?
I agree, ghosts should not have guns.
Yes, but it’s statistically insignificant...
Skirting the corrupt Federal government requirements.
Who if they could would confiscate every legal gun in private hands.
Where can I get one?
“Gost is an apparition of a dead person which is believed to appear or become manifest to the living, typically as a nebulous image.”
So, pieces of metal and plastic can’t be a gost.
Or can they? The Shadow knows.
Liberals ALWAYS take the easy way out. It’s easier to enact new laws than it is to crack down on criminals using existing laws. So more new laws we shall have.
Idk Casper was quite friendly and he was armed to the teeth.
The author doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking about.
Yes because the barrels and chambers are made of super space age plastics that can withstand enormous pressure and extreme heat... /eyeroll
How am I going to protect my home from Ghosts? Call the ghostbusters? They are already busy enough
Yes. Grampa Antifa had one in the attack on the ICE HQ in Tacoma(?)
I am not an engineer. I could make a fully functioning slam-shotgun in my home with a few simple tools and raw materials from a hardware store. If I used a black powder charge, I could even make the propellant.
Sorry liberals, the cat is out of the bag by several hundred years.
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