{"id":202454,"date":"2024-12-26T11:48:36","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T17:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/3d-printed-ghost-guns-like-the-one-luigi-mangione-allegedly-used-to-kill-a-health-care-ceo-surge-in-popularity-as-law-enforcement-struggles-to-keep-up"},"modified":"2024-12-26T11:48:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T17:48:36","slug":"3d-printed-ghost-guns-like-the-one-luigi-mangione-allegedly-used-to-kill-a-health-care-ceo-surge-in-popularity-as-law-enforcement-struggles-to-keep-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/3d-printed-ghost-guns-like-the-one-luigi-mangione-allegedly-used-to-kill-a-health-care-ceo-surge-in-popularity-as-law-enforcement-struggles-to-keep-up","title":{"rendered":"3D-printed \u2018ghost guns\u2019, like the one Luigi Mangione allegedly used to kill a health care CEO, surge in popularity as law enforcement struggles to keep up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c1g-C7c-57U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>By November 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/map-shows-states-that-regulate-ghost-guns-ahead-supreme-court-case-1967707\">15 U.S. states had established regulations on ghost guns<\/a>, though exact requirements vary. The rules typically require a serial number, background checks for firearm component purchases and reporting to authorities that a person is producing 3D-printed guns.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, in New Jersey, a 2019 law mandates that all ghost guns <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/3d-printing-guns-fgc9-creator-jacob-dugyu-jstark1809\/\">have a serial number and be registered<\/a>. Under current New York law, possession or distribution of a 3D-printed gun is classified as a misdemeanor. However, a proposed law seeks to elevate the manufacturing of firearms using 3D-printing technology <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/new-york-propose-legislation-criminalizing-printing-ghost-guns\/story?id=99798986\">to a felony offense<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As technology advances and rules evolve, criminals who use 3D-printed firearms will continue to pose threats to public safety and security, and governments will continue playing catch-up to effectively regulate these weapons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By November 2024, 15 U.S. states had established regulations on ghost guns, though exact requirements vary. The rules typically require a serial number, background checks for firearm component purchases and reporting to authorities that a person is producing 3D-printed guns. For instance, in New Jersey, a 2019 law mandates that all ghost guns have a [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":599,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1489,1495,1493,1492],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-health","category-law-enforcement","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202454\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}