New York state and city officials filed lawsuits Wednesday against gun distributors who sell "ghost guns" that can escape firearm restrictions and be harder to trace, as the state tries to crack down on gun violence and do more to limit firearms.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James and New York City Mayor Eric Adams filed lawsuits against multiple national gun distributors that have been linked to ghost guns, firearms that are privately assembled and don't have serial numbers, meaning they can't be tracked
According to the lawsuits, the distributors have sent unfinished frames and receivers to people in New York who then use them to assemble working guns, which violates laws that prohibit the possession or sale of unfinished frames or receivers.
The gun distributors failed to take the necessary steps to keep ghost gun products out of the hands of people who wouldn't be allowed to own a gun in the first place, according to the state lawsuit.
The ghost gun materials are an illegal public nuisance and endanger the health and safety of New Yorkers according to the lawsuits.
The companies named in the litigation have yet to respond to questions.
The state lawsuit claims that defendants continue to endanger the health and safety of the public by delivering to private individuals everything they need to make a deadly firearm at home.
175 is the final number. 9% of all firearms seized by the New York Police Department were ghost guns, according to the lawsuit. The number of ghost guns this year is on track to surpass the number recovered in the previous year, and the number of ghost guns has gone up in the last few years.
The White House said that 20,000 ghost guns were reported to the federal government in 2021, a ten-fold increase from the year before, and Everytown for Gun Safety described them as the fastest growing gun. In addition to New York, lawmakers in states like California and Illinois have taken steps to try and curb ghost guns, and the Biden administration announced a new rule in April that requires gun dealers to add serial numbers. Less than a week after the Supreme Court struck down the state's concealed carry law, New York has filed a lawsuit.
New York legislators will consider new legislation that will protect gun safety while complying with the Supreme Court's ruling.
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