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To remedy this problem, Everytown for Gun Safety examined available data, including a sample of 80 online ghost gun part sellers and more than 100 federal prosecutions involving ghost guns, to find out who is selling and who is using these deadly weapons and what can be done about it. The scant data available is disjointed and barely scratches the surface of the issue. But disturbingly little is known about who sells ghost guns, who buys them, and how much they are used in crime. The rise of ghost guns is the fastest-growing gun safety problem facing our country.

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Because it has no serial number, a ghost gun cannot be traced back to where it came from, which frustrates police investigations and robs victims and survivors of justice. These do-it-yourself (DIY) firearms are made from parts available without a background check and are predictably emerging as a weapon of choice for violent criminals, gun traffickers, dangerous extremists, and, generally, people legally prohibited from buying firearms.

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Ghost guns are the thread connecting a horrific series of recent shootings. But due to a dangerous wrong turn by ATF these individuals were able to access a haunting new source of firepower: ghost guns. All of these people were legally prohibited from buying guns. 3 Meg OвЂ™Connor, вЂњHow Facebook Led the FBI to Seize Guns from an Arizona вЂNeo-Nazi,вЂ™вЂќ Phoenix New Times, May 16, 2019. In Arizona, a neo-Nazi sex offender bragged on Facebook about his arsenal of firearms and homemade assault-style rifles. mayor signs law banning вЂghost gunвЂ™ kits from District,вЂќВ Washington Post, March 11, 2020. In Washington D.C., ghost guns were used in four recent fatal shootings. 1 Alain Stephens, вЂњOfficials Confirm Santa Clarita Shooter Used a Ghost Gun,вЂќ The Trace, December 9, 2019. 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 вЂњexceptionally high demand.вЂќ 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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