In California, a 16-year-old boy shot and killed two of his classmates and shot and wounded three others with a handgun. Sadly, the outbreak of novel coronavirus has not stopped gun violence in all its forms nor has it decreased the demand for dangerous, untraceable ghost guns. Since we finalized our findings, further investigation revealed over a dozen online sellers of ghost guns experiencing shipping delays due to pandemic-related “exceptionally high demand.” Based on the findings of the report, among those buyers are certain to be felons, domestic abusers, and gun traffickers who are unlawfully seeking a gun during this crisis. Unfortunately, the online market for unserialized ghost guns-which because of ATF inaction are not treated as firearms nor subject to a background check-has reached epidemic levels during this national emergency. Panic buying at gun stores is concerning enough, but at least these sales are subject to a background check. That was before the COVID-19 pandemic created a historic spike in gun sales. As the below report makes clear, ghost guns undermine federal and state firearm laws and are a fast-growing scourge on the United States. Over the past year, Everytown has been investigating the rise of do-it-yourself, untraceable firearms known as ghost guns.
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