Biden Administration To, Attempt To Regulate 'Ghost Guns'.
NPR reports that the Department of Justice
has submitted a new rule which aims to
slow the spread of "ghost guns.".
"Ghost guns" are untraceable firearms.
They do not have serial numbers.
According to NPR, in 2021, nearly 20,000 ghost guns were seized by authorities and reported to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
Since 2016, the amount of recovered
ghost guns has increased tenfold.
Ghost guns are likely to be created
with "buy build shoot" kits.
Officials say anyone can purchase a
ghost gun kit, as background checks
aren't mandated to buy them.
Until they're put together, they're not considered guns. , Alex McCourt, assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University's
Bloomberg School of Public Health, via NPR.
And so anybody that is prohibited from purchasing
a gun or possessing a gun
can get one of these kits. , Alex McCourt, assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University's
Bloomberg School of Public Health, via NPR.
Officials say updated ghost gun rules
won't ban "buy build shoot" kits, but they
should allow regulations to be more like
those made for traditional firearms.
Officials say updated ghost gun rules
won't ban "buy build shoot" kits, but they
should allow regulations to be more like
those made for traditional firearms.
It recognizes that these
guns are indistinguishable
and should be regulated
like traditional guns. , Alex McCourt, assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University's
Bloomberg School of Public Health, via NPR.
Now, they will need to go through the same process. , Alex McCourt, assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University's
Bloomberg School of Public Health, via NPR