that number has increased and is putting philadelphia on pace for a record breaking number of ghost on recoveries over the full calendar year. as you noted, onjuly 3rd there was a mass shooting that also involved two ghost guns. so it is definitely infiltrating our streets and killing a great amount of people in philadelphia. do you know what is behind this recent increase in the number of ghost guns that you are seeing in philadelphia? i would say it is the easy access to these ghost guns. the only thing somebody needs in order to access a ghost gun kit from polymer80 and jsd supply, the two defendants in our lawsuit, is essentially an address and credit card. that is all that is
that number has increased and is putting philadelphia on pace for a record breaking number of ghost gun recoveries over the full calendar year. as you noted, onjuly 3rd there was a mass shooting that also involved two ghost guns. so it is definitely infiltrating our streets and killing a great amount of people in philadelphia. do you know what is behind this recent increase in the number of ghost guns that you are seeing in philadelphia? i would say it is the easy access to these ghost guns. the only thing somebody needs in order to access a ghost gun kit from polymer80 and jsd supply, the two defendants in our lawsuit, is essentially an address and credit card. that is all that is necessary for them to buy and purchase and have these ghost gun kits delivered to them. currently our pennsylvania state laws require certain guardrails for people to get
access to these ghost guns. the only thing somebody needs in order to access a ghost gun kit from polymer80 and jsd supply, the two defendants in our lawsuit, is essentially an address and credit card. that is all that is necessary for them to buy and purchase and have these ghost gun kits delivered to them. currently our pennsylvania state laws require certain guardrails for people to get firearms, and right now these two defendants are violating those laws. you are the city s chief legal officer. why did philadelphia decide to bring this lawsuit? well, these statistics that i mentioned earlier are unimaginable, and as i think your segment prior to me speaking noted, it is actually an underestimate, because these ghost guns are unserialised. there is no real way to fully capture the exact impact
ended during the trump administration, she s really appealing to re engage on this issue. it s an issue one of the few issues on which the us and china really can agree. in the us, litigation against the sale of so called ghost guns has been put into motion following a fourth ofjuly weekend mass shooting in philadelphia. the suspect allegedly used two ghost guns to fatally shoot five people. philadelphia s deputy commissioner of investigations confirmed the weapons used in the rampage were privately made meaning there is no way to trace where they came from. now, the city says it has filed a lawsuit against polymer80, inc. and jsd supply, two of the largest suppliers of ghost guns confiscated in philadelphia. polymer80 was also sued by the us city of baltimore in 2022 accusing the manufacturer of causing a public health crisis. because ghost guns are untraceable, it is hard to quantify exactly how many are on the street. however the philadelphia police department confirmed (ani)that 57