- Description
Ghost guns are untraceable firearms available without a background check. These guns represent a major threat to public safety that continues to grow.
This report explains how ghost guns undermine gun safety laws, with tragic consequences for families and communities across the country, and how we can solve this crisis.
- Published by
- Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
- Issue areas
- Crime and Safety
- Document type
- Report/Whitepaper
- Geography
- North America / United States
- Copyright
- Copyright 2020 Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. All rights reserved.
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- Title
- Ghost Guns: How Untraceable Firearms Threaten Public Safety
- Publication date
- 2020-05-21
- Publication year
- 2020
- Authors
- David Pucino
- Copyright holder(s)
- Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
- Geographical focus
- North America / United States
- Keywords
- ghost, firearms, background check
- Document type
- Report/Whitepaper
- URL
- https://gunviolence.issuelab.org/resource/ghost-guns-how-untraceable-firearms-threaten-public-safety.html
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