The Rise of Untraceable ‘Ghost Guns’ the Wall Street Journal headline proclaims. An emerging black-market gun-making industry lets buyers bypass background checks and gun regulations, authorities say the sub-head adds. Oh no! . . .
Americans exercising their right to keep and bear arms without background checks and gun regulations! Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria! Or, if you’re the WSJ . . .
Because the guns bear no serial numbers, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is unable to track them. Serial numbers and gun registration play a key role in police and government investigations, allowing officers to trace a weapon’s history and owners.
Citation? *crickets chirping*
In fact, where a criminal gets his or her gun is all but completely irrelevant. So much so that the ATF doesn’t publish any data on the number of firearm traces that led to an arrest or conviction. Nor, as it turns out, the number of “ghost guns” it buys. Yes, buys.
About 250 ghost guns were seized or purchased in undercover buys by his Sacramento agents in 2017, he said. While statistics from the previous year weren’t available, Mr. Barlowe noted that his office has seen a rise in the number of busts. The ATF doesn’t keep track of ghost gun seizures nationwide.
Entrapment much?
The WSJ singularly, spectacularly fails to mention the reason behind the rise of the non-criminal market for “ghost guns”: law-abiding Americans who want to exercise their right to keep and bear arms without background checks and gun regulations. Because they don’t trust the government. Nor the mainstream media. For good reason.
Interesting seeing the rifle be consistent across several ammo types. Do they run a standard m4/milspec throat length in these things?
Right. And what about all those old guns that were sold to Americans before Uncle Sugar mandated serial numbers on all guns? There must be millions of them still out there. I’ve got a couple (old non-S&W break-top revolvers). Horrors! The sky is falling…
Actually, I’m kind of surprised to note an anti-gun article of this type in the WSJ, which (IMHO) has struck a fairly well-balanced stance regarding guns.
I carry thirty-one rounds of Federal 147 Grain +P HST.
Hornady Critical Defense.
Because after a self-defense shooting, even the most pro-gangster Massachusetts Democrat bloodsucking prosecutor would be hard pressed to argue with ammo named “Defense.” Which is yet another reason why I won’t use something like “RIP.” Or “Tear a Hole in Their Guts,” which is a name so dumb (even dumber than RIP) that I’m surprised nobody has used it yet.
If Hornady ever produces a line of Good-&-Plenty-colored self-defense ammo named “Fluffy Bunny,” I’m all in.
I don’t want to see Nazi stuff at the gun show either, but I’d much rather get rid of the masses of tables selling Harbor-Freight quality tools, fake native american jewelry, pain relief salves and emoji pillows before that one guy totally pretending to be a WWII fan.
The beef jerky can stay though. I like beef jerky.
Hornady critical Duty .45 acp +P 220 grain flex lock
It”s a barrier blind Hollow point, High penetration w/ moderate expansion.
Let’s just say I have more guns than pairs of shoes.
I have more revolvers than semi automatic pistols. Have a Shot Gun but no rifles.
My husband doesn’t know how many guns I own and doesn’t ask. I don’t have an arsenal, I have a collection of tools. Each one for the job it’s designed to do. I prefer metal handguns but do have some with plastic parts. Caliber is limited to 22lr, 38+ Special, 357, and 9mm, 380acp. Don’t plan on adding any handguns. Might add a rifle when we move to ranch property for gray foxes, cayotes, bobcats and raccoons with a bad attitude.
When I’m gone relatives will inherit my collection and ammunition .
More guns than shoes?
God, you must have a lot of guns! Most women are Imelda Marcos “wanna be’s”. That means they probably own close to a hundred pair of shoes, and are on the the way to the shoe store to make sure they don’t short themselve’s.
I’m in LA county so no carry fr me but my home is protected with Federal HST in several calibers.
Well you ever wanna review a Mossberg 464 rimfire, Savage Rascal, Armscor M1911A1 GI Full size, old Ruger mini 14 in a Choate folding stock, Mossberg 500, or Century WASR 10 I’ll loan you mine. You provide the ammo after the first mag though.
Because open carry is f/n stupid. I keep saying it, because it keeps being the truth. Now here’s an idea…open carry with an unloaded magazine, and have a loaded gun in your pocket ready to serve up the coup de gras. That’s a good way to clean house.
Have limits / boundaries, and maintain them, and wear a freekin’ shoulder holster already.
I’ve posted before, it’s like Liberace coming out of the closet, you’re like “r e a l l y ?”
CC people are only really good at fooling themselves, a cc person has more tells than a person throws in poker.
Even the cool cucumber Secret Service dudes tell all to hell in the way they try to cover their tells.
Hornady Critical Duty – 9mm, +P, 135 gr. XTap. Lucky Gunner’s tests confirm penetration, expansion, and consistency.
Oh, come on, you’re in Cali so you should know that ghost guns are extra super deadly and can fire a 30 caliber clip in under a second.
“Asia Cannon”
As is always the case with Glock: SSDC (same sh** different configuration).
How about not open carrying. I dont believe that concealed carrier’s guns are stolen as much as open carriers (if the weapon was in fact concealed). I dont want the attention that open carry garners.
OC is bad tactics. A miscreant shouldn’t discover you’re armed until your front sight is on his CM.
God, what a pathetic joke the British have become…
Here in the States someone would pop a mag in one of the AKs to see if it still works, and put it on YouTube.
I like my country.
“Serious Crime Directorate’s”, seriously? I’m thinking that these “weapons” should have been allowed to fall into the hands of the bad guys as the they surely would have killed whoever tried to use them.
The “Serious Crime Directorate” must be taking a break from “profiling” and expelling the Mohammadans and other tribal barbarians investing Blighty? Not.
Is it something in the water that has neutered the eurowussies?
When I used to hike the Appalachian Trail I had a big ‘ol 1911 strapped to my leg. Accessing my gun didn’t seem particular difficult.