People who own and sell ghost guns are committing a crime — but there’s no law against making the deadly weapons that authorities say are a rising threat to New Yorkers.
Anyone with a 3D printing machine capable of churning out magazines, receivers and other firearm parts can whip up an untraceable semiautomatic weapon in their kitchen in less time than it takes to cook a turkey.
Creating deadly weapons without consequences is a growing concern that has pushed Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to back new legislation introduced by Sen. Brad Hoylman (D-Manhattan) that would make manufacturing guns with three-dimensional printing machines a felony in New York.