Biden Administration To, Attempt To Regulate 'Ghost Guns'.<br />NPR reports that the Department of Justice <br />has submitted a new rule which aims to <br />slow the spread of "ghost guns.".<br />"Ghost guns" are untraceable firearms. <br />They do not have serial numbers.<br />According to NPR, in 2021, nearly 20,000 ghost guns were seized by authorities and reported to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).<br />Since 2016, the amount of recovered <br />ghost guns has increased tenfold.<br />Ghost guns are likely to be created <br />with "buy build shoot" kits.<br />Officials say anyone can purchase a <br />ghost gun kit, as background checks <br />aren't mandated to buy them.<br />Until they're put together, they're not considered guns. , Alex McCourt, assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University's<br />Bloomberg School of Public Health, via NPR.<br />And so anybody that is prohibited from purchasing <br />a gun or possessing a gun <br />can get one of these kits. , Alex McCourt, assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University's<br />Bloomberg School of Public Health, via NPR.<br />Officials say updated ghost gun rules <br />won't ban "buy build shoot" kits, but they<br />should allow regulations to be more like <br />those made for traditional firearms.<br />Officials say updated ghost gun rules <br />won't ban "buy build shoot" kits, but they<br />should allow regulations to be more like <br />those made for traditional firearms.<br />It recognizes that these <br />guns are indistinguishable <br />and should be regulated <br />like traditional guns. , Alex McCourt, assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University's<br />Bloomberg School of Public Health, via NPR.<br />Now, they will need to go through the same process. , Alex McCourt, assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University's<br />Bloomberg School of Public Health, via NPR
