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The Trajectory
Ghost guns went from being relatively rare to ubiquitous in a short time span. Regulating them appears to be fueling a reversal.
Ghost Guns
Dale Sutherland once worked to get firearms off the streets of D.C. Now he helms a dark money operation for the gun rights groups that brought the suit over homemade firearms.
The justices are set to hear oral arguments in a challenge to the Biden administration’s ghost gun ban. If overturned, the ruling could have a chilling effect on federal regulators.
Elections
The president’s order seeks to improve school shooter drills and establishes a task force to combat illegal machine guns and 3D-printed firearms.
The Business of Guns
As its products increasingly turned up at crime scenes, Polymer80 drew scrutiny from law enforcement and policymakers.
Legal experts say the ruling could expand Second Amendment protections to the gun industry, imperiling a host of laws governing the manufacture and sale of firearms.
Philadelphia
Polymer80, the nation’s largest manufacturer of controversial ghost-gun kits, has been sued by a victim’s parents on the heels of settling lawsuits with three cities.
Concealed Carry
Lawmakers had been racing to extend the prohibition before it expired on March 8.
A small bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing to renew a prohibition on guns that could slip through metal detectors. They don't have much time.
Less than a month after the ATF required serial numbers and background checks for "buy-build-shoot" kits, sellers have found a workaround.
On August 24, the Biden administration’s requirement to serialize ghost guns and require background checks on their sale goes into effect. But the regulation won’t apply to the estimated millions of weapons already in circulation.
Under the new policy all firearms, including 3D-printed guns, must have serial numbers.
A June memo by the Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team warns that firearms made from DIY kits and 3D printers are growing in popularity among white supremacist groups.
The Industry
Breaking down the technology, the legality, and the ideology of a growing movement.
After major social media platforms cracked down, makers of largely unregulated firearms flocked to Keybase. Now they must find a new home.
