The Biden administration is set to release a long-awaited rule on ghost guns, one of which was used in the senseless killing of a girl in the Bronx on Friday, under growing pressure to crack down on a nationwide spike in gun deaths and violent crime.
The rule, which could be unveiled as soon as Monday, is designed to get privately made firearms without serial numbers off the streets, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
The rule would require firearms dealers to run background checks before they sell ghost gun kits that contain the necessary parts needed to assemble a firearm.
The rule is also expected to change the current definition of a firearm under federal law to include unfinished gun parts, like the the receiver of a long gun or the frame of a handgun.
Many of these parts can be legally bought online, with no license required and without any serial numbers or other markings on it.
The NYPD on Sunday revealed the ghost gun that was discovered after 17-year-old Jeremiah Ryan allegedly shot dead honor student Angellyh Yambo, 16, as she walked home from school.
Ghost guns on display at the headquarters of the San Francisco Police Department in San Francisco
Pictured: A ghost gun recovered by police. Many of the parts can be legally bought online, with no license required
President Joe Biden is set to release a long-awaited rule on ghost guns under growing pressure to crack down on a nationwide spike of gun deaths and violent crimes
The White House is also currently considering naming a former US attorney from Ohio, Steve Dettelbach, to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, after
