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Criminal

Oct. 1, 2020

California AG sues to get ghost guns regulated like firearms

The parts are pieces of metal that are forged for the purpose of assembling a firearm quickly and easily. They can be sold by unlicensed sellers and often do not contain serial numbers.

The unrestricted proliferation of untraceable, easy to assemble so-called ghost guns has created a public safety threat that can only be stopped if they are regulated as all other guns are under federal law, according to a complaint filed by Attorney General Xavier Becerra and the parents of two teenagers killed in a school shooting last year.

Plaintiffs Bryan Muehlberger and Frank Blackwell, whose children were killed in a mass ...

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