Biden Administration Increases Crackdown on Ghost Guns

Biden has increased its efforts to crack down on the so-called “Biden Syndrome”. “ghost guns” By issuing guidance, which basically expands what “readily converted” This is a federal rule that makes more parts for do-it yourself pistols subject to restrictions.

Open letter to firearms dealerspdf) dated Dec. 27, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) told firearm vendors that nearly-complete handgun frames or receivers—basically the pistol grip and firing mechanism—will be treated the same as fully completed firearms.

Ghost Gun Rule

Firearm vendors who sell near-complete pistol frames and receivers—often as kits that can be relatively easily turned into untraceable homemade guns—were hit with the new rule August required frames and receivers to be available. “readily converted” Fully operational guns are subjected to the same regulations that traditional firearms.

President Joe Biden stands up for a ghost gun Kit at an event held at the White House in Washington on April 11, 20,22. (Mandel Nagan/AFP via Getty Images).

The Ghost Gun Rule is the August regulation. meant that Partially complete receivers or frames, along with instructions and tools were subject to licensing, background checking, and serialization.

There is still some confusion around the word definition “readily” The regulation allowed vendors to continue to sell receivers and frames that were almost fully unserialized as standalone products, while additional components required to complete their at-home manufacturing were sold separately or by third parties.

In an October letter, such was the argument.pdf) by a dozen or so Democrat lawmakers to the ATF and Justice Department, which claimed that a number of ghost gun companies were continuing to sell unserialized frames and receivers by interpreting “readily” It was almost like a loophole.

A “ghost gun” Displayed before an event begins