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Gibson bill targets ghost-gun industry, expands civil and criminal liability for facilitation
Summary
AB 1263 would broaden prohibitions and liability against companies and individuals who promote, sell or otherwise facilitate untraceable 'ghost guns' or the tools and instructions that enable their manufacture; the attorney general's office supported the bill, gun-rights groups opposed it as overbroad and a potential Commerce Clause problem.
Assemblymember Gibson presented AB 1263 as a comprehensive response to the evolving ghost-gun industry. The bill would expand civil and criminal accountability for persons or companies that knowingly or recklessly promote, facilitate or profit from illegal manufacturing of firearms, including tools, parts kits, files and instructions used to produce unserialized, untraceable weapons.
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