Ghost guns showing up at crime scenes, RCMP not keeping statistics
The RCMP doesn't have a database on 3D guns, printers or how many shootings there have been with the weapons.
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The RCMP doesn't have a database on 3D guns, printers or how many shootings there have been with the weapons.
Even as the technology to produce so-called "ghost guns" becomes less expensive and more widespread, the RCMP is not keeping records on how often the weapons are used in crimes across the country.
Even as the technology to produce so-called "ghost guns" becomes less expensive and more widespread, the RCMP is not keeping records on how often the weapons are used in crimes across the country.
The issue seems to have taken on an urgency as ghost guns get easier to make and the sheer volume of new guns makes them harder to trace.
Ghost guns are firearms without serial numbers that are assembled from individual parts or 3D printers