Politics Report: Ghost Guns Exploding

By Scott Lewis and Andrew Keatts, the Voice of San Diego

June 12, 2021

This week in firearms in San Diego was all about local federal Judge Roger Benitez’s ruling that declared California’s ban on AR-15 and similar rifles unconstitutional. The state immediately announced it was going to appeal and state leaders launched a rhetorical attack on the judge. (If you’re into reading court rulings, this is one to sit down with. The first paragraph is so good. It’s essentially: The AR-15 is a very useful and great weapon therefore banning it is unconstitutional.)

But you can only ban firearms if you know about them. And this week in politics could feature a lot of discussion about the guns we do not know about: ghost guns. Following a recent shooting in the Gaslamp (which could have been much worse) Councilwoman Marni Von Wilpert asked for a report on ghost guns.

She got it Friday.

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