Illinois residents will no longer be able to legally sell or possess unregistered, privately-made firearms known as “ghost guns” under new legislation Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker holds a signing event for ghost gun legislation at the Ark of St. Sabina on May 18, 2022.
“Ghost guns are deadly weapons with horrifying implications,” Pritzker said. “In short, in an America where gun violence has become a scourge on so many neighborhoods, Illinois is taking a common sense approach to advancing public safety and justice from all directions.” The firearms can be highly customizable, Chicago police Superintendent David Brown said, but they can also be made to look exactly the same as a traditional gun. That’s why he said it’s important ghost guns are registered just as any other firearm would be.Because they’re cheaper and easier to obtain than a typical firearm, officials said more and more ghost guns are finding their way into the hands of teens.
According to Pritzker’s office, unserialized firearms were involved in more than 20,000 suspected crimes nationwide in 2021. And Justice Department statistics show that nearly 24,000 ghost guns were recovered by law enforcement at crime scenes and reported to the government from 2016 to 2020.
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