Gun makers and retailers were barred in a recent court ruling from selling ghost gun kits and firearm precursor parts in California.
Three gun companies have reached a settlement with California that permanently bars them from selling and making ghost gun kits in the state. Sold in parts with no serial number and difficult to trace, law enforcement officials have called the prevalence of so-called 'ghost guns' an epidemic, allowing people who are barred from owning guns to get their hands on them while also hindering criminal investigations.
'Ghost gun companies lull consumes into believing that their products are '100% Legal!,' yet fail to disclose the additional regulatory burdens, and potential criminal liability, that their consumers undertake by buying their wares and assembling ghost guns,' according to the complaint. Representatives from Blackhawk Manufacturing, GS Performance LLC and MDX Corporation did not immediately respond to a request to comment on the settlement.
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