How build-it-yourself firearms skirt most federal gun laws 13:36. As the coronavirus pandemic sweeps through the country, panic and fear have caused a run on hand sanitizer, toilet paper and guns.

Ghost guns—untraceable firearms that can be assembled from parts sold online without a background check—are the fastest-growing public safety crisis in the United States. And because they're ...

Ghost guns are firearms that are privately assembled and untraceable. They can be assembled from "buy build shoot" kits or from other parts or they can be 3D-printed.

President Joe Biden is directing his administration to tighten restrictions on so-called ghost guns as part of a series of actions related to gun safety. Here are key things to know: Ghost guns ...

Legal Issues Teens buying ‘ghost guns’ online, with deadly consequences. As unserialized firearms proliferate on the streets, teens discover the ease of obtaining weapons they couldn’t get ...

The use of a ghost gun in Brian Thompson's killing was hardly a new development. Gun kits allowing people to build their own weapons by simply completing a few simple assembly steps at home have ...

Ghost guns aren’t new, but they are a growing problem. Even though kits to assemble guns have been sold since the 1990s, the market did not really take off until around 2009.

When asked recently how often he thinks about ghost guns on the streets in Southern Nevada, and the danger they pose, Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill didn’t mince words.

Police said Luigi Mangione, the man charged in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, appears to have had a ghost gun, a weapon that can be made using a 3D printer.

The use of ghost guns in crimes has risen dramatically in recent years. An Apache Junction police officer was critically wounded June 2 after a man shot him with a “ghost gun," police said.

Law enforcement consider these homemade guns a threat, and the gun's popularity is rising. In 2020, Phoenix Police impounded 30 ghost guns. In the first six months of 2021, that number was already ...