HYANNIS – Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has signed on to a letter imploring U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to eliminate a loophole that allows individuals to purchase parts to make their own gun without a background check.
Advocates say closing the loophole in the Gun Control Act would mean categorizing “80 percent receivers” as firearms that require a background check.
Part of the concern surrounding these 80 percent receivers and items like them, according to Healey, is that they can be assembled into what are called “ghost guns,” or guns with no serial number that cannot be traced or kept track of by the government.
Healey called these guns a “serious threat to public safety”.
Previously, Healey has tackled the issue of gun control in a similar way by warning the public of the dangers of firearms made at home with purchased parts, 3-D printed weapons, and those transferred without going through the proper channels.
Maura MacDonald, CapeCod.com NewsCenter
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