(WAND) – Governor JB Pritzker signed HB4383 into law, banning the sale and possession of ‘ghost guns’ statewide.
‘Ghost guns’ refer to unserialized, privately made guns that are often sold as a set of parts to be assembled at home. This allows prohibited purchasers to go around background checks. Ghost guns cannot be traced by conventional means and can be created on a 3-D printer, leaving no record of ownership.
“The people creating, selling, and purchasing these firearms know that they’re working to circumvent common-sense gun laws that ensure guns stay out of the hands of traffickers, abusers, and convicted criminals,” said Governor Pritzker. “We are seeing these unseralized guns being built in basements by those who should never have had access to such dangerous weapons and then used to commit heinous crimes, and it must be stopped to keep Illinoisans safe.”
Gov. Pritzker’s office reports that already in May of 2022, at least two Illinois teenagers were charged with possession of ghost guns, including one case where a loaded ghost gun was brought to a high school.
ISP has worked on 28 cases concerning ghost guns in May of 2022 alone.