Biden administration moves to curb proliferation of "ghost guns"

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Biden administration moves to curb proliferation of "ghost guns"

STORY: Biden administration moves to curb proliferation of "ghost guns" DATELINE: April 12, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:46 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1 SOUNDBITE (English): JOE BIDEN, U.S. President 2 various of the White House STORYLINE: The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden announced Monday new measures aimed at curbing the proliferation of "ghost guns" -- unserialized, privately-made firearms that law enforcement personnel are increasingly recovering at crime scenes in cities across the United States. Last year alone, there were approximately 20,000 suspected ghost guns reported to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) as having been recovered by law enforcement in criminal investigations -- a ten-fold increase from 2016. Because "ghost guns" lack the serial numbers marked on the firearms, the U.S. law enforcement has an exceedingly difficult time tracing a ghost gun found at a crime scene back to an individual purchaser. Biden introduced thes

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