San Diego judge blocks Texas company from selling rebranded 'ghost gun' machine in California

[Zorro]

In a lawsuit brought by San Diego County, a judge ruled the Coast Runner milling machine is essentially a rebrand of the outlawed Ghost Gunner milling device

A San Diego Superior Court judge has issued a ruling that bars a Texas-based company from selling and marketing in California a computer-controlled milling machine designed to make untraceable “ghost guns,” with the decision marking the third significant victory for San Diego County in the early stages of its lawsuit against the company.

The county’s lawsuit, filed last May on behalf of state residents, accused Defense Distributed and several related entities of slapping a new name and paint job on the “Ghost Gunner” milling machine, which is barred from sale in California, and instead illegally marketing and selling the device in California under the name “Coast Runner.”

The county claimed that “ghost guns such as the ones that can be manufactured using the Coast Runner are fueling an epidemic of gun violence across the country.”

On Thursday, Judge Loren Freestone confirmed a tentative ruling he made last week granting the county’s motion for preliminary injunction. The injunction bars Defense Distributed from selling or marketing the Coast Runner “and any other substantially similar (computer-controlled) milling machine in California,” pending the outcome of the lawsuit.

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/04/05/san-diego-judge-blocks-texas-company-from-selling-rebranded-ghost-gun-machine-in-california/