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Government

Jan. 27, 2023

Federal firearms agency clashes with state over ghost guns

California argued the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ policy change does not go far enough and allows ghost gun sellers and manufacturers to bypass common sense gun safety regulations in the Gun Control Act, causing the state fiscal and other harms.

Federal firearms agency clashes with state over ghost guns
Ghost gun at the San Francisco district attorney's office on Nov. 12, 2021. New York Times News Service

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives clashed with the state of California and the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence at a hearing Thursday over whether the federal agency’s new regulation properly regulates ghost guns.

California argued the ATF’s policy change does not go far enough and allows ghost gun sellers and manufacturers to bypass common sense gun safety regulations in the Gun Control Act, causing the s...

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