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Essentially nobody uses ghost guns to commit crime. This is more security theater. It sounds scary so we do a feel-good thing that is utterly useless. Politicians get points, but problems remain so they still have a platform to run on.
There are plenty of guns stolen to arm criminals. I don't just mean from regular guys like me but also from gun stores. One place in the Metro area got hit twice with smash and grab. Bad guys drove a fucking truck through the front of the store through the security fencing, tossed a shitload of stuff in the van and took off. The place put cement barriers in front to prevent it. Someone hit it again. I don't recall if they somehow drove through the barriers or got in another way. The place went out of business not long after.
“Ghost gun” is a more-than-somewhat nebulous term, historically it meant any firearm that was untraceable.
Usually, they’re guns that are stolen, reported stolen (but just sold,); or bought through the gunshow loophole, and such.
But the news people latch it on”3d printed guns” (or otherwise manufactured,) as a false equivalency to ghost guns; and use the metrics for the first as for the second.
The irony is there’s nothing stopping an individual who is otherwise legally permitted a firearm, from making their own firearm. All the ATF really cares about is that you’re not selling it, and that it’s registered with all of the relevant taxes paid.
From their perspective, a 3d printer is just a tool.