According to Firearmchronicles
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser held a news conference Friday to discuss emergency legislation to stop the trafficking of illegal firearms in the city.
Bowser was joined by public safety officials, the director of forensic science, D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham, and gun safety advocates for the announcement held at Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters.
The emergency legislation prohibits the possession, assembly, sale, and purchase of any type of ghost gun in the District. Under the emergency legislation, ghost guns include undetectable guns manufactured by 3-D printers and made of non-metal materials that cannot be identified using a magnetometer, as well as untraceable guns ordered as “80% kits,” assembled without the need for sophisticated machinery and without a serial number that allows it to be traced to its manufacturing source. “Ghost guns are intentionally designed to be undetectable and untraceable, and we have seen a spike in the number of these illegal firearms recovered in our neighborhoods,” Bowser said. “We are sending a simple message with this legislation: If you play a role in trying to profit from bloodshed in our community, we will hold you accountable.”