ghost guns

A Vista high school student was arrested this week for allegedly bringing a ghost gun to school with him, authorities reported Thursday.

Nearly two dozen people were charged in connection with a sting that resulted in the seizure of dozens of firearms and pounds of narcotics in Escondido.

Nearly two dozen defendants have been charged with narcotics and firearms-related offenses following an 18-month investigation into various gangs operating in and around the Escondido area, it was announced Tuesday.

Rules that put kits used to build “ghost guns” in the same legal category as traditional firearms went into effect after judges declined requests to halt them.

The suit alleges that Nevada-based Polymer80 intentionally undermines firearms laws by designing, manufacturing, and providing kits and parts without serial numbers to buyers who do not undergo background checks.

A felon suspected of dealing drugs in El Cajon and throughout eastern San Diego County was behind bars Friday on a slate of narcotics and weapons charges.

The ordinance was introduced shortly after a man allegedly armed with a ghost gun opened fire on several people in the Gaslamp Quarter last year, killing one and injuring several others.

San Diego City Council approved a plan that could increase the number of ADU units. And, the transportation mask mandate could be extended beyond Monday. Plus, President Joe Biden announced new ghost gun regulations. Here’s What’s Up in San Diego County for April 12, 2022.

A man who was shot during a mass shooting in Gaslamp Quarter last year is applauding new “ghost gun” regulations.

Steve Ely was one of three people wounded by a man police say used a ghost gun to carry out a deadly rampage in the Gaslamp Quarter last April. Now he’s singing the praises of the Biden Administration’s new ghost gun regulation.

NBC 7’s Brooke Martell heard from San Diegans and owners of local gun stores about the president’s new regulations.

Some locals said on Monday that they were eager to see harsher regulations to get ghost guns off the street, while others question how it could impact business at local gun stores

The Biden administration is unveiling a completed rule aimed at reining in the proliferation of ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers

U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced on Monday new rules and regulations regarding the sale of “ghost guns.”

The Biden administration will come out with its long-awaited ghost gun rule — aimed at reining in privately made firearms without serial numbers that are increasingly cropping up at crime scenes — as soon as Monday, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.

President Joe Biden on Monday took fresh aim at ghost guns, the privately made firearms without serial numbers that are increasingly cropping up in violent crimes, as he struggles to break through gridlock in Washington to address gun deaths and mass shootings.

California may try an innovative new way to deter illegal weapons, spurred most recently by a mass shooting near the state Capitol.

The Nevada-based company accounted for nearly 90 percent of handmade guns recovered in Los Angeles last year, records show. Amid civil lawsuits, Polymer80 says it follows the law

California law enforcement officials say the gunman who killed his three daughters, a chaperone who was supervising his visit with the children and himself in a church was armed with an unregistered “ghost gun.”

Gov. Gavin Newsom reiterated his commitment to hold the firearm industry accountable for its products while speaking at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. NBC 7’s Jackie Crea reports.