Category: ghost guns

Law Enforcement Members: Before Regulating ‘Ghost Guns,’ Enforce Existing Laws

The proliferation of “ghost guns” at crime scenes is a problem, but not adequately prosecuting repeat offenders under the law is a much greater problem, and it is focusing on the latter that will make a dent in violent crime, according to current and former law enforcement members. Recently, the political wave to regulate ghost…


Biden Announces Restrictions on Ghost Guns, Nominates ATF Director

President Joe Biden announced new executive actions Monday restricting ghost guns and has made another nomination for director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it has submitted to the Federal Register Monday a final rule on ghost guns—unregistered firearms that can be built using a…


Biden to Nominate ATF Director, Announce Order on ‘Ghost Guns’

President Joe Biden is set to make another nomination for director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and announce new executive actions restricting “ghost guns.” The president is tapping former U.S. Attorney Steve Dettelbach to head the ATF. Biden’s previous nomination, David Chipman, was pulled back in September as Chipman found…


Democrats Demand That YouTube Remove Building Guides for Untraceable Guns

A group of five Democrats in the Senate have penned a letter to YouTube demanding that it remove instructional videos showing users how to build untraceable, unregistered firearms, which have been pejoratively labeled “ghost guns” by critics. The letter is signed by Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and…


San Diego County Bans Ghost Guns

SAN DIEGO—On a 3–2 vote, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance Jan. 11 requiring safe firearm storage and prohibiting the distribution or creation of untraceable “ghost guns” in the county. Board Chairman Nathan Fletcher and Supervisors Terra Lawson-Remer and  Nora Vargas voted in support of the measure. Supervisors Joel Anderson and…


San Diego County Supervisors Ban Ghost Guns

SAN DIEGO—On a 3–2 vote, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance Jan. 11 requiring safe firearm storage and prohibiting the distribution or creation of untraceable “ghost guns” in the county. Board Chairman Nathan Fletcher and Supervisors Terra Lawson-Remer and  Nora Vargas voted in support of the measure. Supervisors Joel Anderson and…


Los Angeles Councilmembers Introduce Motion to Ban Ghost Guns

Los Angeles City councilmembers Aug. 3 introduced a motion to ban the purchase and possession of ghost guns in the city.   Ghost guns, also known as kit guns, are sold as partially assembled guns that can be completed using purchased parts. The unfinished parts are not legally required to have serial numbers or a background…


Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to Ban ‘Ghost Guns’

Lawmakers have reintroduced a bill that they say would ban so-called “ghost guns,” or guns that are made from a build-it-yourself kit, in their latest gun control effort. The measure, dubbed the Untraceable Firearms Act, would expand the federal law’s definition of “firearm” to include “ghost gun” parts such as unfinished frames and receivers. The move would require online…


Right to Bear Arms Threatened by President’s Comments, Gun Rights Advocates Say

Southern California gun rights advocates say that recent remarks made by President Joe Biden in favor of tougher gun control laws threaten the constitutional right of Americans to keep and bear firearms. Last month, Biden called on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to curb the sale of homemade ghost gun kits, pushed to expand “red…