Why ghost guns are America's fastest-growing gun problem

[nightwing1240]

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Until August 2023, anyone with access to the internet could legally buy many of the parts needed to make a gun without a background check. Tutorials online explain how to assemble the pieces into a fully functioning firearm with just basic tools in less than an hour.

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Experts are calling ghost guns the fastest-growing gun safety problem in America. The number of ghost guns recovered from crime scenes by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), has risen by more than 1,000% since 2017.

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"Pretty much anyone can get these ghost guns and order parts and make a gun that's just as well as the guns we carry," ATF officer Jerome McClinton told the BBC.

Much more at Link - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65170507
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President Biden has addressed this and SCOTUS just ruled on it yesterday. But some states are fighting the President on this issue. Posting this for visibility. Let's support President Biden, please!

[mitch96]

1. It is getting nuts out there. A "ghost" Glock with a 3D printed "switch" (auto sear) make it

full auto. That's beyond the pale.
Criminals with automatic weapons is never a good idea..
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[melm00se]

2. The ability to make

a firearm has been around for quite some time.

All it takes is a drill, drill bits, hacksaw, file, an angle and bench grinders, hammer, square, a taper cutter, countersink, vise and some tubing, sheet metal and hardware (and not even all of those). All of this is available from your local hardware store.

The plans are readily available to bend, fold and beat all of this into a fully functional firearm over a matter of a couple of hours. Unless of course you want to shift over to the book banning darkside.

Personally, I think that the definition of a "firearm" should be revisited but that opens the door to ham handedness that will create more confusion than settle the issue.

[yagotme]

3. And, per ATF, it's illegal to make a "ghost gun" for resale.

Just like murder is illegal. Solve the murder problem, I bet the ghost gun problem pretty much goes away, too.