Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres urged Gov. Kathy Hochul to do away with ghost gun loopholes in New York state legislation within the wake of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s cold-blooded killing.
In a letter fired off to Hochul Wednesday and obtained by The Publish, the Democrat referred to as for a “full and complete prohibition of ghost weapons” throughout New York after Luigi Mangione allegedly used one to homicide the chief on Dec. 4.
“State legislation incorporates two loopholes that should be closed,” Torres wrote as he referred to as on the governor to incorporate new laws in her upcoming govt price range proposal.
“First, the legislation prohibits the possession, sale, and switch of ghost weapons however fails to criminalize the manufacturing of a 3D-printed ghost gun.”
“Second, the legislation prohibits the manufacturing of assault rifles, high-capacity magazines, and machine weapons however the prohibition of gun manufacturing fails to incorporate 3D-printed ghost weapons,” he added.
It comes after cops mentioned Mangione, a 26-year-old Ivy League grad, allegedly used what seemed to be a 3D-printed ghost gun when he allegedly fatally shot Thompson exterior a Manhattan lodge.
The accused killer picked up the 3D-printing passion whereas finding out on the College of Pennsylvania, a former pal beforehand informed The Publish.
“Anybody anyplace can readily buy a ghost gun equipment and assemble the gun elements into totally useful firearms. Anybody anyplace can buy a 3-D printer for just a few hundred {dollars} on-line,” Torres mentioned in his letter to Hochul.
“The expertise of 3D-printing can flip each New York residence right into a gun manufacturing unit and each New Yorker right into a gun producer.”
“I’m respectfully calling upon you as governor to incorporate in your govt price range proposal laws that closes the manufacturing loophole in ghost gun legal guidelines and closes the ghost gun loophole in gun manufacturing legal guidelines,” he continued.
“No stone might be left unturned within the New York’s battle in opposition to gun violence, which has been compounded by the proliferation of privately made firearms.”
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