Will New Regulations Lead To ‘Ghost Guns’?

By Tom Knighton

As Congressional Democrats push for more laws at the federal level, their counterparts in the state houses are pushing forward their own version of the same laws. Anti-gun politicians are in a full-court press, and they’re desperate to cram new gun control legislation down our throats.

However, now some in the media are pondering the unintended consequences of such legislation.

As more restrictions are placed on gun ownership, more people — and criminals — could start to manufacture their own, law enforcement experts tell ABC News.

The issue of “ghost guns” or guns without serial numbers has been thrust into the national spotlight after California authorities revealed that the man who engaged in a string of shootings earlier this week that left five dead had two firearms that he manufactured at home.

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[Tehama County Assistant Sheriff Phil] Johnston said that as gun laws become more restrictive, criminals will begin to build their own. ABC News consultants, former NYPD Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and former FBI agent Steve Gomez, said they agree with him.

People are already building firearms or modifying existing firearms in an “unlicensed and illegal manner,” Gomez said.

I can see the concern, but I also have to ask what they …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms