How do ghost guns differ from traditionally-manufactured guns? These unfinished frames and receivers, deliberately designed to evade government regulation, are commonly referred to as “80% frames and receivers” and sellers of the kits used to build ghost guns deliberately leave them unfinished in order to avoid falling under the jurisdiction of federal and state gun laws that apply to fully finished firearms frames and receivers. These kits include a key firearm component called a receiver or frame, which contains the firing mechanism of the gun. Ghost guns can be easily produced from kits that are widely available online. They don’t have the serial numbers and other critical markings required of licensed manufacturers that allow police to trace guns recovered in crimes and return stolen guns to their rightful owners. Ghost guns generally evade all the regulations which apply to the regulated firearms industry. Ghost guns, sometimes referred to as “do-it-yourself guns,” are assembled by unlicensed individuals, rather than licensed manufacturers. Simply put, ghost guns are guns that can be built at home absent a manufacturer’s license.
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