'Ghost gun' regulations pushed in California bill
Source: Associated Press
'Ghost gun' regulations pushed in California bill
By DON THOMPSON
Associated Press
Published: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at 3:57 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at 3:57 a.m.
The "ghost guns" that can slip through metal detectors and be assembled at home without safeguards are spurring efforts in California and elsewhere to bring these weapons and their owners out of the shadows.
A state lawmaker proposed legislation Monday to make background checks and gun registrations requirements for anyone who builds plastic firearms on a 3-D printer at home. The bill by state Sen. Kevin de Leon also would apply to anyone who buys parts that can be assembled into a gun.
It's part of a growing effort across the country to pre-empt the spread of these undetectable guns.
De Leon said he is trying to address a twin threat from what he called "ghost guns" - plastic guns that can evade metal detectors and unregistered weapons that can fall into the hands of people who are legally prohibited from owning firearms under state law.
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jtuck004
(15,882 posts)Not illegal to have the printer, not illegal to have the files, only illegal to make the thing, yet you may never know if they do until they shoot something with it.
And I still haven't seen effective "ghost" bullets.
On the other hand, for other uses, this is some very interesting technology. You can design and build the parts for your own home. And while the wealthy certainly aren't going to curtail their income by bringing manufacturing jobs back, as these mature they have the potential for far lower entry costs, along with which comes the ability for a small group of people to begin to manufacture here what their neighbors would have purchased from another country.
It's still pretty early, but it is getting much better quickly, and will get cheaper.
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)the ridiculous of trying to enforce such a law might just give us av good reason to ban guns all together.
NickB79
(19,285 posts)Another "look what the crazy liberal gun grabbers are doing now!" mailing to scare gun owners into sending them money.
And ridiculously unenforceable gun laws have typically ended up being legal wins, not loses, for gun rights groups in the courts.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Please proceed, gun nuts.
PeoViejo
(2,178 posts)all without the use of a 3D printer. Ghost Guns can be easily made using commonly available fiber re-enforced plastics with simple hand tools.
Someone who would use this type of weapon to commit a crime, doesn't give a shit about some 2 bit regulation.
have a $2,000 3-D printer...
PeoViejo
(2,178 posts)They're geeky and neat, but who has the time to write the code to build even a simple item. Basically, it's just a hot-glue gun with a multi-axis controller. The price they want for the plastic feedstock is criminal. You can buy it on fleabay, at a ridiculously expensive price.
I think the whole thing is Bullshit.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)NRA Talking Point #386
PeoViejo
(2,178 posts)...but that doesn't seem to matter to some.
Ad Hominem away......
Ranchemp.
(1,991 posts)why don't you link to it so we can all see what "NRA Talking Point #386 is?
Oh, Wait............................., there is no such section on the NRA website.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)NRA Commandment #11
Ranchemp.
(1,991 posts)Link?
Just for the record, although I have stated this before, I have never belonged to the NRA, nor do I defend the NRA.
Trillo
(9,154 posts)Because if it's a metaphor, it seems like there's a lot of those running around. GMOs. Radiation. EMF. Weaponized viruses. And on and on. Bankers? All of those are "Ghost guns" of corporations, the chosen shield of wealthy folks. We could really use a war against "Ghost guns" of the wealthy.