Calif. Senate Committee Advances Bill Expanding Ghost Gun Restrictions

On July 15, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance legislation that would expand restrictions on manufacturing and possessing firearms — specifically “ghost guns.”

Assembly Bill 1263, “Firearms: Ghost Guns,” which was introduced by Assemblymember Mike Gipson (D-Carson), was approved with an 11-1 vote by the committee. It has now moved to the Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations for consideration.

“When you talk about ghost guns, again, on the television, when you talk about mass shootings, a lot of those times a ghost gun is involved,” Gipson told the committee. “Ghost guns are untraceable (and) have no serial numbers. We can’t live in a society where these guns are not traceable. Law enforcement and

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