FREDERICTON — Even as the technology to produce so-called 'ghost guns' becomes less expensive and more widespread, the RCMP is not keeping records on how often the weapons are used in crimes across th
FREDERICTON — Even as the technology to produce so-called "ghost guns" becomes less expensive and more widespread, the RCMP is not keeping records on how often the weapons are used in crimes across the country.
"This presence is consistent with national and international trends observed, where privately made firearms are being used in criminal activity," the email said. It noted that 3D print files exist capable of creating a range of firearms, including assault rifles. "With most handguns, if police want to work at it, they can usually trace them — even back to the United States or Europe, wherever they're made," Brown said in a recent interview. "But with these , they could change hands multiple times. It can be very, very difficult to figure out where they originated."
Last month, New Brunswick RCMP reminded people of the dangers of ghost guns. "Privately made firearms … can appeal to individuals intending to use them for criminal purposes since they do not have a serial number and are difficult to trace,” the Mounties said. Experts say it's relatively easy for someone to make a gun. All it takes is a 3D printer -- which uses a laser to secrete a liquid resin that hardens to form the gun parts -- and instructions, which can be found online. Nothing in the Firearms Act or other laws prohibits a person from possessing a digital blueprint for a 3D-printed gun. But possession of the printed firearm without a licence and registration certificate can lead to seizure of the weapon and criminal charges.
"The best you can do is make possessing 3D printed parts for firearms … illegal somehow," Giltaca said. "That's still not going to deter people who weren't deterred from shooting other people in the first place."
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