Fear of law changes keeps gun sales soaring in Pennsylvania
Updated 12:28 AM;
Today 8:45 PM
Andrea Schry, right, fills out the buyer part of legal forms to buy a handgun as shop worker Missy Morosky fills out the vendors parts at Dukes Sport Shop in New Castle, Pa. last year. Interest in guns, as measured by backgrounds checks, continues to set records in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)AP
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In the first quarter of 2021, the Pennsylvania Instant Check System completed 427,450 background checks. That’s up 40.2 percent from January through March 2020. State Police said previous records for PICS activity were 420,581 background checks, set from October through December of 2020; and 406,151 checks from July through September last year.
Fear of law changes keep gun sales soaring in Pennsylvania
Updated 5:45 PM;
Today 5:13 PM
Andrea Schry, right, fills out the buyer part of legal forms to buy a handgun as shop worker Missy Morosky fills out the vendors parts at Dukes Sport Shop in New Castle, Pa. last year. Interest in guns, as measured by backgrounds checks, continues to set records in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)AP
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In the first quarter of 2021, the Pennsylvania Instant Check System completed 427,450 background checks. That’s up 40.2 percent from January through March 2020. State Police said previous records for PICS activity were 420,581 background checks, set from October through December of 2020; and 406,151 checks from July through September last year.
‘Ghost Gun’ Kits Banned by Biggest Gun Show Promoter in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced on Monday that the biggest gun show promoter in Pennsylvania has banned the sale of so-called “80 percent receiver” kits, a common basis for untraceable homemade ghost guns.
Shapiro said at a March 15 press conference that Eagle Arms Productions has agreed to stop selling the kits at its shows, marking the first time a gun show promoter in the United States has prohibited the sale of the 80 percent receivers.
The kits, also known as “80 percent lowers,” are controversial because they are typically sold without background checks, and can be assembled into a fully-functioning firearm that lacks a serial number and so essentially cannot be traced.
‘Ghost guns’ banned by Pa.’s largest gun show promoter
Updated Mar 15, 2021;
Posted Mar 15, 2021
Eagle Arms Productions owner Joel Koehler is the first gun show promoter in the nation to ban 80 percent receivers, otherwise known as ghost guns from his shows. The top picture shows boxes of these gun kits that were for sale at Eagle Arms Morgantown show last month. The bottom picture of the same gun dealer s barren tables was taken at Eagle Arms Carlisle gun show on Friday, the day the ban took effect.
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Tables holding stacks of untraceable self-assembled gun kits – or “ghost guns” as they are called – often used in crimes are disappearing from most gun shows in Pennsylvania.