The aim is to rein in privately made firearms without serial numbers. They’re increasingly cropping up at crime scenes across the U.S. The new rule requires homemade gun kits to be treated like other guns made and sold in the U
Highlights
- The Biden administration is expected to come out within days with its long-awaited ghost gun rule.
- The aim is to rein in privately made firearms without serial numbers.
- The rule requires homemade gun kits to be treated like other guns made and sold in the U.S.
- The rule goes into effect in four months, according to the Department of Justice.
- The White House said last year alone, there were around 20,000 suspected ghost guns reported to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in criminal investigations.
- Republicans in Congress have slammed Biden’s crackdown on ghost guns and called it a distraction from the uptick in violence across the country.