“Ghost Gun” used in Murder Suicide

By Dean Weingarten

By Dean Weingarten

Arizona – -(Ammoland.com)-

WALNUT CREEK (KRON/BCN) — A 21-year-old Lafayette native built the firearms he used to kill a 19-year-old college woman before he turned the gun on himself at a home in Walnut Creek last month, police said Tuesday.

Investigators say Scott Bertics bought gun parts through the mail and then secretly built the two firearms he used in the murder-suicide that claimed the life of Clare Orton.

The reporter noted that a serial number would not have made any difference in this case.

It would have been much easier for the murderer to buy a gun than to make this particular model, even under California’s strict gun laws.

A simple shotgun or rifle could have been purchased for far less than the components of the “ghost gun”. California’s notorious 10 day “waiting period” …read more

Source:: AmmoLand