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...if legal ones weren't bad enough....
In San Diego, a shooting spree in April killed one man and injured four others.
In Brooklyn, New York, a 17-year-old student is accused of trying to smuggle a loaded gun into a public high school earlier this month.
And in Douglas County, Georgia, just west of Atlanta, the sheriff says a 13-year-old boy shot and killed his sister by mistake in late November.
The locations and circumstances differ, but they all involved "ghost guns": untraceable firearms that can be assembled with do-it-yourself kits bought online, enabling buyers to evade background checks.
As the number of incidents involving ghost guns jumps in several parts of the U.S., particularly in California, some municipalities are firing back with lawsuits and other legal challenges that accuse manufacturers of violating laws and undermining law enforcement.
In San Diego, a shooting spree in April killed one man and injured four others.
In Brooklyn, New York, a 17-year-old student is accused of trying to smuggle a loaded gun into a public high school earlier this month.
And in Douglas County, Georgia, just west of Atlanta, the sheriff says a 13-year-old boy shot and killed his sister by mistake in late November.
The locations and circumstances differ, but they all involved "ghost guns": untraceable firearms that can be assembled with do-it-yourself kits bought online, enabling buyers to evade background checks.
As the number of incidents involving ghost guns jumps in several parts of the U.S., particularly in California, some municipalities are firing back with lawsuits and other legal challenges that accuse manufacturers of violating laws and undermining law enforcement.