Police claim a teenager accidentally shot himself over the weekend while trying to build a handgun out of spare parts and a 3D printer, a weapon commonly called a "ghost gun" because they do not require a license to own. [More]
If the kid trying to build it, he screwed up in a way that makes all that other hand-wringing irrelevant, meaning it's inserted to spook the ignorant. And since you don't need a license or registration to own a gun in Virginia it's fair to wonder if "Veteran journalist Bill Atkinson (he/him/his)" is simply representative of the quality of journalism we can expect on the topic of guns from USA Today (a Gannet Publication)?
[Via Mack H]
Not requiring a license to own is now the definition of "ghost gun"?
ReplyDeleteHuh. In that case, all my guns are "ghost guns". And so is every other firearm in Oregon.
Someone call Kevin de Leon's office in California. His "ghost gun" problem just got a lot bigger, but something tells me his "solution" won't change.
One size fits all
ReplyDeleteThe check is in the mail
The gun just went off
As an aside, I'd like someone to explain how the presence of a serial number magically transforms the nature of a firearm, and/or how one would have changed the facts of this young man's case in any material way.
1. He failed to follow certain well known and well published firearm safety rules.
2. He inadvertently shot himself as a result.
3. The gun did not "just go off."