ghost gun
Homemade unmarked weapon
A ghost gun is a firearm without serial numbers, making it untraceable by law enforcement.
The term usually refers to guns assembled from kits or 3D-printed parts, bypassing background checks and registration requirements: Police seized several ghost guns during the raid.
The name suggests something that officially doesn't exist.
Impossible to follow back
- homemadePrepared at one's residence
- polymerLarge repeated-unit molecule
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
- kitGrouped supplies, one purpose
assembly · AR-15 · Glock · pistol · rifle · blueprint · gunsmithing · barrel
Not formally recorded
- ATFFirearms oversight agency
- loopholeExploitable gap in rules
- banOfficial restriction on something
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
trafficking · illegal · law-enforcement · crime · detection · tracing · enforcement · registry
untraceable
Impossible to follow back
- homemadePrepared at one's residence
- polymerLarge repeated-unit molecule
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
kit · assembly · AR-15 · Glock · pistol · rifle · blueprint · gunsmithing · barrel · trigger
unregistered
Not formally recorded
legislation · trafficking · illegal · law-enforcement · crime · detection · tracing · enforcement · registry · prohibition
- anonymityanonymity, alias, pseudonym, incognito, hidden identity