After the longest walkout in state history, a last-minute compromise allowed Oregon lawmakers to return to work on June 15 with just 10 days left in the legislative session. The parties had reached an impasse over Democrat-backed bills related to gun control, abortion, and gender-transition services. Because Oregon’s legislative rules require a two-thirds quorum to…
Oregon Legislators Compromise Over Gender, Abortion, Ghost Guns, and Fentanyl
June 28, 2023
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3-Month ‘Ghost Gun’ Operation Nets 165 Guns, 29 Prosecuted in San Diego
SAN DIEGO—A three-month law enforcement operation aimed at reducing the number of unserialized “ghost guns” throughout San Diego led to the seizures of 165 firearms—including 82 ghost guns—and the prosecution of 29 people, officials announced May 31. From February through May, nearly 90 separate law enforcement operations were conducted, leading both to the firearms seized…
‘Ghost Guns’ Ruling Is a Pointless Attack on Second Amendment Rights
June 1, 2023
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Commentary The term “ghost guns” is an outrageously inaccurate, but effective, epithet against American’s Second Amendment right “to keep and bear arms.” It just means home-made guns, which are become easier than ever to make due to continuous improvements in 3D printing. The latest development for these guns came in California on May 30, when…
US and Canada to Increase Tracing of Guns Intercepted at Border
The United States and Canada signed four agreements in Ottawa on Friday focused on reducing cross-border crime, including one that involves increased tracing of guns that are intercepted at the U.S.–Canada border. The move is intended to enhance efforts to stop firearms trafficking to Canada from the United States, officials from both countries said. Canada’s…
California AG: 54 Ghost Guns Seized in Unique State Program
April 4, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—California law enforcement took away 54 so-called ghost guns last year from people who can’t legally own firearms, a 38 percent jump in the number of the hard-to-trace weapons seized since 2021 under a unique state program, officials said Monday. The ghost guns, which are privately made firearms without a serial number, were part…
Mendicino Dodges Question on Whether Rise in ‘Ghost Guns’ Is Linked to Handgun Freeze
Law enforcement agencies across the country are grappling with the rise of 3D-printed untraceable firearms used by criminals, something Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said his government has acted and will do more to counter the threat. “There is no doubt that 3D guns is a growing phenomenon within our criminal justice system,” he said…
Los Angeles Sees 85 Percent Increase in Recovered ‘Ghost Guns’: Police
November 3, 2022
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Los Angeles saw an 85 percent increase since 2019 in the number of what are known as ghost guns—non-serialized privately manufactured handguns and rifles—that have been recovered, according to Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Chief Michel Moore. The LAPD recovered more than 1500 ghost guns to date, Moore told the police commission Nov. 1. Additionally,…
Biden’s New ‘Ghost Gun’ Restrictions Take Effect
President Joe Biden’s legal challenge targeting so-called “ghost guns” went into effect on Aug. 24, focusing on curbing the proliferation of privately assembled firearms. The rules, which the White House posted in April, are designed to prevent unlicensed guns from being sold to convicted felons and other ineligible buyers by making clear that retailers run background…
3D-printed ‘Ghost Guns’ Seized in BC Interior After Parts Intercepted in Mail: CBSA
Border officers report so-called “ghost guns” made from 3D-printed parts have been seized in the B.C. Interior, after international deliveries were intercepted at mail centres in Vancouver and Toronto. The Canada Border Services Agency says in a statement that officers executed a search warrant in West Kelowna on April 27 in relation to the smuggled…
Young Mother Shot Dead While Pushing 3-Month-Old in Stroller in New York
June 30, 2022
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A 20-year-old mother pushing her approximately 3-month-old in a baby stroller was shot dead at “very close range” in New York’s Upper East Side on Wednesday night, police say. The shooting occurred just before 8:30 p.m. on East 95th Street and Lexington Avenue, opposite building 164 East 96th Street, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said later…
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