15 Senate Dems Use COVID to Move for ‘Ghost Gun’ Ban

By Chris Eger

The bill would require that unfinished frames and receivers, such as “80 % lowers” be treated like they are completed firearms. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com)
Using the current spike in gun buying as a rallying cry, a group of Democrats in the U.S. Senate last week filed legislation to regulate so-called “ghost guns.”
The lawmakers, generally all from blue states with ultra-strict gun laws to include outlawing popular semi-auto firearms under the guise of “assault weapon” bans, unveiled the 10-page Untraceable Firearms Act on May 14. The bill would require that unfinished frames and receivers, such as “80 % lowers” be treated the same way as fully completed firearms to include serialization and federal background checks before transfers.
The supporters of the measure say it is urgently needed because of the recent jump in gun sales that coincided with the COVID-19 crisis.
“This pandemic is spurring a deeply disturbing demand in untraceable weapons,” said U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT). “Congress must act urgently to stop these homemade ‘ghost guns’ before they spur the next horrifying wave of gun violence.”
The bill, filed as S.3743, would alter definitions in federal law to consider a firearm receiver as the part of a firearm that provides provide the housing

Source: Guns.com