Gun Used in Texas Shooting Was Illegally Manufactured and Sold: REPORT

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23. It's called a "ghost gun"

And its specific to an AR-15 and its variants.

The main piece of the AR-15 is the lower unit and it usually contains a serial number. It can be made of aluminum or high grade plastic.

In order to get around the BATF laws, you simply purchase an unfinished lower unit for $100 to $200 bucks. The hole for the trigger and the clip are solid and need to be machined. It's not "technically" a gun. Therefore, anyone can buy it as long as you have the cash.

You would think this is a difficult thing to do, but it isnt. You simply buy a jig that fits over the unfinished lower unit and with a drill and a dremel it's pretty much finished.

You then go online and purchase everything else you need ( barrel mechanics and furniture) and presto, you have a fully functional AR-15 that the BATF has no idea exists. Hence, the "ghost" moniker.

If this scares you, it should. This happens daily. It's a bunch of grey area bullshit that's being exploited.