A New York City man faces dozens of counts of felony crimes related to so-called ghost guns after he sent a digital photo of his 7-year-old son holding two pistols to a group chat with family and friends, the DA said.
and found 14 guns, 400 rounds of ammunition, numerous magazines, and tools and parts for constructing ghost guns, authorities said.
"Using one's child as a prop to showcase homemade, illegal weapons is inexcusable and extremely dangerous," District Attorney Alvin Bragg Jr. said in a statement. "The proliferation of ghost guns in our city cannot continue. My office is focused on addressing and rooting out ghost guns, and this is just one of several takedowns we have initiated over the past year."
Ghost guns used in crimes are often assembled from kits with parts purchased legally and illegally, depending on local laws, or even createdIndeed, in response to the alarming proliferation of ghost guns, the U.S. Department of Justice in April 2022"[T]his rule will clarify that parts kits that are readily convertible to firearms are subject to the same regulations as traditional firearms,".
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