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Give up the ghost guns! Schumer calls on feds to speed up crackdown on phantom firearms

By Kevin Duggan Posted on October 3, 2021
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It’s the wrong kind of spooky season. 

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer wants the federal government to more quickly implement rules to curb untraceable so-called “ghost guns,” as NYPD seize more and more of the unregistered firearms.

“Ghost guns are haunting all of New York, the city, the suburbs — you name it,” said Schumer at a Sunday press conference in Manhattan. “The evil gunrunners, those who make these things, are trying to find a way around the background checks law and this is what they use — it’s all legal.”

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Give up the ghost guns! Schumer calls on feds to speed up crackdown on phantom firearms

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