ghost guns

The LAPD said Friday that so-called “ghost guns” had been used in 24 murders, eight attempted murders, 60 assaults with deadly weapons, and 20 armed robberies so far in 2021, amid a swell in killings, shootings, and street violence most often committed with firearms.

The use and possession of unmarked and unregistered firearms will soon be banned in San Diego as Mayor Todd Gloria prepares to sign an ordinance passed by the City Council in an effort to curb firearm-related violence.

The 12-year-old boy who died in Chula Vista in early July accidentally shot himself with a ghost gun a friend brought over to his house during a sleepover, police confirmed Friday. A ghost gun is a personally manufactured firearm that lacks a commercial serial number and can easily become untraceable due to the lack of identifying markings. The 12-year-old boy...

Two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies badly wounded in an ambush shooting last year sued a Nevada company Monday for making the parts for a “ghost gun” used in the attack.

Untraceable, homemade firearms commonly known as “ghost guns” are turning up at potential crime scenes by the tens-of-thousands and have become popular weapons of choice among terrorists and violent extremists, according to leaked report from federal law enforcement officials.

The Justice Department on Friday released a proposed rule that would broaden the definition of a firearm, requiring some gun-making kits to include a serial number

A father who lost his daughter in a school shooting where the teenaged killer used a ghost gun reacts to President Joe Biden’s executive action to confront gun violence. Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, April 8, 2021.

Authorities Sunday sought the public’s help in locating a man who abandoned a vehicle during a pursuit with police in Bell Gardens and left a “ghost gun” — a weapon with no manufacturer-imprinted serial number — near or inside the car.

Wednesday the LA County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that the man arrested earlier this month is now being charged with trying to kill two deputies in Compton. John Klemack reports for NBC4 News on Wednesday Sept. 30, 2020.

California’s attorney general sued the Trump administration on Tuesday in an effort to crack down on so-called “ghost guns” that can be built from parts with little ability to track or regulate the owners.