Teen used ‘ghost gun’ in California high school shooting

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Authorities say the teenager who shot five classmates, killing two, at a Southern California high school used an unregistered firearm.

At least two students were killed when the 16-year-old male suspect opened fire at a Southern California high school. The suspect is in “grave condition” after a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Such weapons are a growing problem for law enforcement around the country because the parts are easy to obtain and the guns take limited expertise to build. In Southern California, federal authorities say one-third of all the firearms seized are ghost guns. It’s legal to purchase gun kits and assemble them at home. That method allows the purchaser, sometimes a minor or other person prohibited from owning firearms, to avoid background checks required to purchase ready-made guns from licensed dealers.

Several high-profile crimes in recent years have involved ghost guns. For instance, a Northern California gunman built his own rifles — despite a court order prohibiting him from having guns — and killed his wife and four others in a 2017 rampage. “Anytime you can trace a gun, you have a little bit more information,” he said. “How did this gun get here? Who sold it, who was the gunmaker, who was the first person they sold it to and what happened?”

Anne Muehlberger, 15, and Dominic Blackwell, 14, were killed. The other three students were hospitalized and the last of them went home earlier this week.

 

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Gun ownership reform would not have stopped this, but metal detectors would have kept it outside.

So, he violated existing gun laws, committed murder, which is also against the law, but Democrats have some magic law that will stop all of this. You're insane if you buy into Democrats gun control arguments.

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