3 ms·
"Ghost gun" is an extremely loaded term. It's built on the premise that authorities should approve and track firearm ownership, as if it is a privilege and not
by bjt2n3904 5y ago
"Ghost gun" is an extremely loaded term. It's built on the premise that authorities should approve and track firearm ownership, as if it is a privilege and not a right. It makes discussions very difficult. (Similarly, it would be difficult to discuss this if the headline referred to the DOJ as "the fun police".)
A neutral term would be "blueprints for 3d printable firearms".
- whatthesmack 5y agoExactly. "Ghost gun" is a political term used for political purposes. Making guns at home is legal in the US. It just has to be detectable in a metal detector according to federal law.
- jhgb 5y agoWhy is it "loaded"? Is there no precise definition of that term? > It's built on the premise that authorities should approve and track firearm ownership Assuming the definition would be "A gun without serial numbers, that cannot be easily tracked", as Wiktionary tells me, I don't see how that supposed premise is connected to it. To my knowledge, historically, weapons manufacturers marked their products regardless of the involvement of the authorities.