Boooooooooooo! GHOST GUNS! BOO!

Are you all properly terrified at the thought of Ghost Guns?

Don't worry, the Delaware Dipshit has a plan!

Biden scheduled to unveil new steps on gun violence (msn.com)

"Many big cities have reported recovering increasing numbers of the weapons. They lack serial numbers, which can allow law enforcement agencies to track them and enforce background checks."

Yes indeedy! This will stop all the gun crime. Fo' Sho'.

Because, after all, the cops have successfully tracked so many guns found at crime scenes....only to discover almost all of them are stolen and in the possession of people that do not have the most remote chance of passing a.....background check.

Cop: Um, Mr. Felon, we have successfully tracked the firearm you used to spray bullets into a crowd at a nightclub killing 6 people. We see you passed your background check to purchase this handgun despite having been convicted of a previous firearm murder 5 years ago and released from prison. We must insist that after the DA releases you because you are a "goot boy" and studying to be a minister that you do not purchase any more firearms, mmkay? No more lying on a Form 4473 like Hunter Biden did, mmkay? Can we have your word and a firm handshake on that?"

Said no cop, ever.

BOO!

"In Chicago, for example, only 139 out of the 11,258 firearms seized last year — roughly 1.2% — were ghost guns. That number, however, represents a 93% increase from the 72 ghost guns seized in 2019.

Philadelphia police in 2019 seized 95 ghost guns, accounting for 2.2% of the 4,264 guns they confiscated. In 2018, Philadelphia police confiscated 13 ghost guns."

Another thing they never mention is that prior to 1934 handguns were not required to have a serial number; I have one of those. (BOO!) Prior to 1968, manufacturers were not required to put serial numbers on rifles and shotguns. Most did, but there are lots out there that legally never had a manufacturer's serial number on them.

Let's talk about ghost guns being "harder to trace" or track. So the Feds say that there's no permanent gun registry for the end user/purchaser. The manufacturer keeps a permanent record of where each gun goes, usually to a wholesaler/distributor. The wholesaler/distributor is required to keep a permanent record of sales to FFLs. The FFL is required to keep a copy of the 4473 filled out when the sale is made to an individual at the store.

Supposedly, the FBI/NICS is required to destroy all records about the sale except for an ID number and date within 24 hours of clearing the buyer. Of course, it's all digital info, so does it ever really go away? How hard would it be to bury it somewhere?

Anyway, so let's go hypothetical. Today the cops find a handgun (made after 1934 ) at a murder scene. They contact...Ruger... and Ruger tells them it shipped to Silver State Firearms in NV back in 1975. They contact Silver State and find out it went to an FFL in Illinois in 1975. The FFL is supposed to keep records for 20 years (27 CFR 478.129). Oops! The FFL no longer has the record. Dead end.

Suppose it's all recent; the sale is within the last 5 years. They track it to the FFL who tells them Joe Schlobotnik bought the gun and gives them the address. They contact Joe. Joe says he sold the gun using an ad in Armslist. He has a name and a phone number. The phone number turns out to be a burner phone. Dead end.

It's likely most of the guns used in street crime are stolen and untraceable to the criminal end user..

Maybe in the crime of passion where the wife plonks the philandering husband with his own gun, the gun is traceable. In those cases, tracing is meaningless.

In other words, it's all bullshit as usual.