Sacramento At Center Of Untraceable ‘Ghost Gun’ Surge

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4. They're trying to gin up another moral panic about 80% receivers

"Ghost Guns" is another one of those made up terms, like "Assault Weapon".

Federal law allows you to make your own gun for private use (never for sale) using a self manufactured receiver or, in most cases, an AR or 1911 using a forged or cast aluminum receiver blank with 80% of the machining done. The rest can be done with a decent bench mounted drill press, some good quality carbide bits, hand tools and a modicum of mechanical skills.

It's a "Ghost Gun" because it doesn't have any serial number and isn't on file with any Federal or State agency.

The idea that somebody might be doing something they disapprove of and they can't figure out a way to tax or control it, is making them nuts and the fact that it's a Federal law really frustrates them.