Ghost gun kits and parts are in fact firearms, a court says in a landmark judgment.
, a Nevada-based ghost gun manufacturer and distributor, has to pay more than $4 million in penalties for making false claims about the legality of its products, a judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia ruled Wednesday.
“It’s a resounding victory for the people of the district, for gun safety and, frankly, for common sense," said David Pucino, the deputy chief counsel at the Giffords Law Center, a gun-safety group.Pucino, who specializes in ghost guns, said Polymer80 is the"worst actor in this space," slamming the company's"utterly egregious" practices.The company had argued its products are not firearms. But D.C.
Polymer80 also has to"prominently notify" its website visitors that those products are illegal to sell and own in the district and relay that message to all of its past, present and future dealers and distributors. The ATF said it received more than 45,000 reports of suspected ghost guns recovered by law enforcement from January 2016 to December 2021. Nearly 700 of them were recovered in homicide or attempted homicide investigations, officials said.
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