BACK NOW WITH A
NEW KIND OF GUN
FLYING UNDER THE
RADAR ACROSS THE
NATION.
THEY'RE CALLED
GHOST GUNS.
(TOM)
THE GHOST PART--
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT
REGISTERED-- THERE'S
NOT EVEN A SERIAL
NUMBER.
AND-- YOU CAN BUILD
THEM AT HOME.
10 ON YOUR SIDE'S
ANDY FOX LOOKS AT
THE LEGALITIES-- AND
THE CONCERN OVER
THEIR PRESENCE IN
THE COMMUNITY.
GHOST GUNS: YOU
BUILD THEM AT HOME.
NO SERIAL NUMBERS.
NO BACKGROUND
CHECKS. NO WAITING
PERIODS.
(PACKAGE)
(SOURCE: NAT SD
FROM LATIKOO WSYR
"SYRACUSE GHOST
GUNS ALREADY
ILLEGAL TO ASSEMBLE
AND POSSESS IN NEW
YORK)
((RDROP THAT
GUN)) RUNS:03
IN NEW YORK A GHOST
GUN WAS USED BY A
MAN WHO SHOT HIS
SIX-YEAR-OLD NEPHEW.
(SOURCE LATIKOO:
WISH FISHERS AGREED
TO MAKE GHOST GUNS
TO SEND TO ISIS))
TWO BROTHERS
CHARGED WITH
FIREARM OFFENSES
INDICTED FOR
AGREEING TO MAKE 55
FULLY AUTOMATIC
GHOST GUNS FOR ISIS
(SOURCE VIDEO OF
GUNS LAYING ON TALE)
AND THESE ARE GHOST
GUNS CONFISCATED AT
CRIME SCENES, AND IN
THE WRONG HANDS
ARE LIKE ANY LETHAL
FIREARM. THEY CAN
KILL, AND THEY HAVE
(SOURCE FROM DOM
SENT ON LATIKOO
FROM NOVEMBER 2017
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
SHOOTING)
IN NOVEMBER 2017
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
KEVIN NEAL
PROHIBITED FROM
OWNING A GUN AND
UNDER PROSECUTION
FOR OTHER CRIMES
ASSEMBLED TWO
ASSAULT-STYLE GHOST
GUNS FROM PARTS HE
ORDERED ONLINE AND
WENT ON A RAMPAGE
WITH THEM KILLING
FIVE PEOPLE, INJURE
12 MORE TURNING THE
GUN ON HIMSELF.
(NAT SD OF GUNS
FIRING. )
HERE IN VIRGINIA,
(NAT SD OF GUNS
FIRING)
THESE GUNS ARE
GHOST GUNS LEGALLY
CONSTRUCTED AT
HOME BY MATT, A GUN
HOBBYIST WHO DOES
NOT WANT TO BE
IDENTIFIED.
WHY DO PEOPLE
CONSTRUCT GHOST
GUNS?
(NAT SD OF GUNS
FIRING THIS IS VIDEO I
SENT TO YOU OF THE
TWO SHOOTING GUNS)
(AFTER 3:50 MATT OUR
GUN GUY)
((MATT: RATHER THAN
BUYING SOMETHING
ALREADY PRODUCED
AND CHANGING IT. YOU
MAKE WHAT YOU WANT,
AND YOU START FROM
THE BEGINNING AND DO
IT YOURSELF)) RUNS: 08
(SOURCE VIDEO WITH
BROLL CONSTRUCT
BLUE PRINT)
WHEN YOU
CONSTRUCT A GHOST
GUN YOU PURCHASE
WHAT IS KNOWN AS AN
80% LOWER RECEIVER.
IT ONLY BECOMES A
FIREARM WHEN YOU
ADD THE REMAINING
20%
((MATT: 1:53 THIS
CURRENTLY LACKS THE
FIRE CONTROL
POCKET, THE PINHOLES
AND THE SELECTOR
HOLE. 1:57))
YOU MUST ALSO ADD
AN UPPER RECEIVER
THAT INCLUDES THE
BARREL AND THE BOLT
CARRIER GROUP.
(GOOGLE USE STUFF
WITH BIG NAT SD. WE
NEED TO HEAR THE
MILLING) NAT SD: 03
MATT USES THIS
KNOWN AS A GHOST
GUNNER
(NAT SD OF THE
MILLING) RUNS:03
THAT MILLS OR CARVES
OUT THE CAVITIES IN
THE LOWER
SOURCE: THESE ARE
BYTES FROM MATT)
4:12HERE WE HAVE AN
AR 15
4:58 WE HAVE A
MAGAZINE WE"RE
RIGHT HERE FIRE
CONTROL GROUP HERE
PENS HERE AND HERE
A HOLD? IN PLACE
SELECTOR WOULD GO
RIGHT HERE 5:08
4:17 HERE WE HAVE AN
A.R. 15 IT HAS A FIRE
CONTROL GROUP
POCKET MILLED OUT
AND IT HAS THE
TRIGGER AND HAMMER
SELECTOR HOLES
MILLED OUT4:24
(4:29) ((AT THIS POINT IT
MEETS THE ATF
DEFINITION OF A
FIREARM))
6:00 THIS IS A
COMPLETED A.R. 15
6:22 IT STARTED LIKE
THIS AND EVENTUALLY
BECOMES THIS. :02
ATF: VANVLIET 17:00
4585 I CAN TELL YOU
WE ARE SEEING MORE
PRIVATELY MADE
FIREARMS RECOVERED
AND CRIMES IN THE
LAST 2 TO 3 YEARS:05
THE ATF COULD NOT
PROVIDE ANY SPECIFIC
STATISTICS, BUT ASST
SPECIAL AGENT IN
CHARGE JAMEY
VANVLIET SAYS
BALLISTIC IMAGING
TECHNOLOGY TIES
GHOST GUNS TO
MULTIPLE CRIMES.
5:38 VANVLIET I
CAN"T TELL YOU
HOW DID THE
PRIVATELY MADE
FIREARMS THAT ARE
ENTERED ROUGHLY
10% OF THOSE LINKS
BACK TO OTHER
SHOOTING EVENTS OR
CRIME SCENES 5:47
MANY LAWMAKERS
BELIEVE GHOST GUNS
ARE LOOPHOLES
AROUND FEDERAL GUN
LAWS
)131 BLUMENTHAL) AND
THAT"S WHY WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE
THIS NEW SCOURGE OF
UNTRACEABLE
FIREARMS IS
STOPPED1:38
CONNECTICUT'S U.S.
SENATOR RICHARD
BLUMENTHAL IS TRYING
TO PUSH THROUGH
CONGRESS THE
UNTRACEABLE
FIREARMS ACT.
(SOUND IN AT :29)
BLUMENTHAL BILL
REVERY
PURCHASER TO GO
THROUGH A
BACKGROUND CHECK.
ESSENTIALLY APPLY
THE SAME RULES THAT
NOW APPLY TO OTHER
TYPE OF FIREARMS TO
THESE BUILD IT
YOURSELF KITS)) :10
(PRODUCTION)
STATES REGULATING
GHOST GUNS
BLUMENTHAL"S
CONNECTICUT
CALIFORNIA
NEW JERSEY
NEW YORK
(PHILIP VAN CLEAVE
1:27)VIRGINIA CITIZENS
DEFENSE LEAGUE
((THE OTHER SIDE IS
TRYING MAKE IT SOUND
LIKE IT"S
SOMETHING NEW
IT"S SOMETHING
DANGEROUS IT"S A
LOOPHOLE THAT"S
A BUNCH OF BALONEY
ALL OF IT 134
GUN RIGHT"S
ACTIVIST PHILIP VAN
CLEVE SAYS PEOPLE
HAVE MADE GUNS AT
HOME SINCE THE
FOUNDING OF AMERICA.
(325 VAN CLEVE) IF A
CRIMINAL WANTS A
GUN, HE CAN GET ONE
WITHOUT A
BACKGROUND CHECK
ALL THE HAVE TO DO IS
SEND IN SOMEONE
ELSE TO BUY THE GUN
FOR HIM MAYBE
THERE"S A
BACKGROUND CHECK
AND HE GETS HIS GUN
333
(BLUMENTHAL 2:39) ((A
HOBBYIST MAY LIKE TO
HAVE A GHOST GUN
BUT A LEGITIMATE
LAWFUL GUN OWNER
SHOULD HAVE NO
OBJECTION TO HAVING
A SERIAL NUMBER ON A
GUN)) RUNS:07
VAN CLEVE ALSO
POINTS OUT THE
TRACING OF A FIREARM
ALWAYS TAKES PLACE
AFTER THE CRIME"S
COMMITTED.
ADAM SKAGGS IS WITH
THE GIFFORDS LAW
CENTER
(2:25 AROUND) ADAM
SOMEONE WITH AN
EXTENSIVE CRIMINAL
BACKGROUND WHO
WOULD NOT BE ABLE
TO PASS A
BACKGROUND CHECK
CAN SIMPLY GO ONLINE
OR GO TO A GUN STORE
OR GUN SHOW AND
ACQUIRE THESE KITS))
AROUND 2:35
A NEW YORK ATTORNEY
GENERAL CALLED
GHOST GUNS RNEW
FRONTIER OF ILLEGAL
FIREARMS
TRAFFICKING.
ADAM: RWE SEE
CRIMINAL
ENTERPRISES VAST
NETWORKS THAT ARE
BUILDING THESE
THINGS TURNING THEM
OUT AND SELLING THEM
TO NETWORKS OF
PEOPLE WHO CANNOT
BUY OR OWN GUNS
MATT IS A LICENSED
FIREARMS
MANUFACTURER AND
PRODUCES ABOUT 12
GUNS A YEAR, AND
WHEN HE SELLS THEM,
HE COMES UNDER
STRICT FEDERAL
GUIDELINES.
I AM ABLE TO FINISH
THEM OUT, SERIALIZED
THEM, AND SELL THEM
FOLLOWING A
BACKGROUND CHECK
TO MAKE SURE THE
BUYER IS LEGALLY
ALLOWED TO OWN A
FIREARM.
AS PART OF OUR
INVESTIGATION, WE
CALLED LOCAL POLICE.
THEY DON"T SEE A
GROWING TREND WITH
GHOST GUNS, BUT AS
YOU HEARD ATF SEEING
THEM POP UP AT CRIME
SCENES. IN VIRGINIA