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Murphy Signs Bill Banning 'Ghost Guns'

Ang Santos
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WBGO

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has signed a bill he says is the country's strongest ban on so-called ghost guns.  

The law prohibits selling, manufacturing or owning firearms without a serial number.  New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal says that includes guns made with a 3D printer, 

“Because some of these weapons would be made of plastic, they wouldn’t necessarily activate metal detectors.  That meant these weapons would be particularly appealing to anyone trying to access a secure facility whether it was a court house, an airport, or a government building,” Grewal said.

The new law bans companies and individuals from buying or selling homemade gun kits in New Jersey.

“These folks know that they can’t sell their weapons, weapons like assault weapons into New Jersey,” Grewal said.  “So instead they sell all of the parts for these weapons, and then send you a link to a video that shows you how to build it at home.  So, they essentially sell you weapons that you otherwise couldn’t buy in the Garden State.”

The ghost gun ban is the latest in a string of initiatives supported by the governor to tighten the state’s already strict gun laws.