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Any info on this gun??
mjgcarpenter
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My friend is looking for any info on his FIL gun, Thanks for your help.
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A ghost gun is a firearm without serial numbers. The term is used by gun control advocates, gun rights advocates, law enforcement, and some in the firearm industry.[1][2][3][4] By making the gun themselves, owners may legally bypass background checks and registration regulations.[1][5] Under U.S. federal law, the creation and possession of ghost guns is allowed, but a license is required to manufacture firearms for sale or distribution.[6]
Due to their lack of serial numbers, tracing ghost guns used in crimes is much harder than tracing serialized weapons.[7] There are no manufacturer or sales records to check.[10] The difficulty means local law enforcement officers often do not even attempt traces of ghost guns.[10]
California, especially Sacramento, has been a hub of ghost gun production.[11] The ATF speculated in 2014 that there are tens of thousands of ghost guns in California alone.[10] Four noted crimes in California were committed with ghost guns: a murder-suicide involving college students in Walnut Creek, a shootout between hostage-taking bank robbers and Stockton police officers, a mass shooting at Santa Monica College in 2013 by a student who was prohibited from owning a gun, and a shooting spree at Rancho Tehama Reserve in 2017 by a man who was served a restraining order that barred him from possessing guns.[3][12][13][14]
Proponents of ghost guns include gun rights activists and anarchists.[15] They say that making weapons is the right of every American which maintains the privacy of gun owners.[10] Individuals have organized "build parties" where equipment and expertise are shared to help create ghost guns. Advocates say that ghost guns are used in crime rarely despite widespread ownership.[13] Gun rights advocates and law enforcement say that, because of the cost and effort needed to create ghost guns, criminals are more likely to use commercial weapons instead.[12]
Two U.S. shipping companies, Federal Express and United Parcel Service, have refused to transport Ghost Gunner branded computer numerical control (CNC) milling machines.[16]
United States federal law
Under U.S. federal law owning a ghost gun is allowed, assuming that no other impediments exist.[1] The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) officials characterize this as a loophole.[10] The U.S. State Department has sued to take computer files to control 3D-printers off the internet under the grounds their publication constituted export of a munition under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.[15] With a legal case pending United States Supreme Court action,[17][18] Defense Distributed removed the files. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reported in 2013 that it had seized hundreds of ghost guns, including a machine gun,[9] and unregistered silencers.[7] The FBI does not generally track the use of homemade firearms.[12] ATF agents say that ghost guns are sold at a $1,000 premium due to being untraceable.[19] According to the FBI, the popularity of ghost guns grew following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012, which sparked fears of new gun control measures.[7]
In a 2014 raid of Ares Armor, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms confiscated 6,000 receiver blanks which they said were too close to finished units.[10] After a lawsuit, all but 18 of the seized guns were returned and placed for sale to purchasers in 47 states.[20] In a similar case, EG Armory of California was raided, but agreed to forfeit 3800 lower receivers without admission of any wrongdoing.[20] In Sacramento the owner of C&G Tool Inc. pled guilty to illegal manufacture of firearms. Prosecutors argued that he "advertised his shop as a place where people could make guns in 20 minutes by pressing a few buttons on a computerized machine", rejecting his position that buyers created their own guns.[9]