Untraceable, but legal, DIY “ghost gun” used in Saugus school shooting, police say – By Carter Evans (CBS News) / Nov 23 2019
New details are also emerging about a deadly shooting earlier this week at a high school in California. The weapon used in the attack was a so-called “ghost gun,” an untraceable, but legal weapon.
Sixteen-year-old Nathaniel Berhow was too young to pass a background check or purchase a gun legally. Now it turns out the .45 caliber weapon he used to kill two of his high school classmates and wound three others was a homemade ghost gun.
“It was not registered to anybody,” Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said. “We don’t know the origins of the firearm, and that is a very big concern and a threat to public safety.”
Ghost guns have been at the center of several high profile shootings, including last summer’s death of a California Highway Patrol officer and a 2013 shooting spree in Santa Monica where five people were killed. These shootings both involved guns that were unregistered, untraceable and 100% legal to build.
CBS News first reported on ghost guns in 2018. After going online, CBS News found all the parts needed to build one in a do-it-yourself kit.
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