Thousands of ghost guns are turning up in cities across America. InvestigateTV found there's a lack of uniform reporting on these untraceable guns tied to hundreds of homicides.
InvestigateTV found some law enforcement agencies are not tallying these homemade guns found at crime scenes
Evidence reports indicate the firearm was untraceable, a Polymer80, 9mm caliber semi-automatic pistol with no serial number. Records show one fired 9mm caliber cartridge case was recovered from the chamber of the Polymer 80, and one unknown caliber brass projectile was recovered during the autopsy of Kennedi. The weapon was test-fired and was consistent with the projectile recovered at the scene.
As detectives pieced together what happened at the scene, Skinner was charged with negligent homicide and negligent injuring. Later that same year, Skinner ultimately took responsibility for his actions, entering a guilty plea in court. According to the ATF, this allows felons and other people prohibited by state and federal law from possessing them, this gives them an avenue to access. Without the ability to trace ghost guns, law enforcement investigations are challenged. Where and when a ghost gun was made, and who it was sold or transferred to, is next to impossible to track down. The ATF said those problems open the door for these weapons getting into the wrong hands.
Bernard Hansen discusses the proliferation of ghost guns inside the Kansas City Field Office of the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Although the ATF tracks data through firearms tracking programs, InvestigateTV found that doesn’t mean all ghost gun data makes it there. The discrepancy could be a result of different terms used to describe ghost guns.
With the changes to the rules, pushed by the Biden administration in 2022, a prohibition took effect banning the business of manufacturing ghost guns and “buy, build, shoot” kits that people were easily able to purchase online without a background check.
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