It’s not expensive or difficult to produce large numbers of untraceable firearms in the United States. Whether for private use, sale on the criminal market or arming violent extremists, it’s actually startlingly cheap and easy to mass-produce firearms that police can’t track – what are often called “ghost guns.”
For just over US$2,000 I can buy a machine – not much bigger than a desktop laser printer – that will do the trick. If I’m feeling handy, I can get it done with just simple power tools.
As I discuss in my recent journal article about ghost guns, it’s perfectly legal to privately manufacture firearms without a license in the U.S. But it’s illegal to sell or give away privately manufactured firearms without a license.
The city s Gun Trafficking Intelligence Platform connects purchase data, gun recoveries and ballistics reports to better understand the ecosystem of illegal firearms.
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The shooting of a 14-year-old girl in the Back of the Yards is believed to be linked to an ongoing conflict between a long-entrenched gang and one that is relatively new to the area, according to Chicago police sources.
Jun. 5 LONDON A man pardoned in the homicide of a drug dealer had planned a robbery of the victim and told a witness he had to shoot the man in self-defense, a federal agent testified Friday. However, defense attorneys for Patrick B. Baker pointed to inconsistencies in the accounts witnesses gave of the crime. The testimony came at a hearing on whether Baker will be detained until his trial. .