Springfield police have seen an uptick in 'ghost guns' — firearms that do not contain a serial number and can be manually constructed from parts:
State Rep. Brian Ashe, Springfield Deputy Chief of Police Steve Kent, Mayor Domenic Sarno, Kendall Jacobsen, associate regional director of government affairs with Everytown for Gun Safety, and state Rep. Carlos Gonzalez look at parts of ghost guns. — firearms that do not contain a serial number and can be manually constructed from parts.
During a presentation at the Springfield Police Department Monday, Steve Kent, the city's deputy chief of police, said the department confiscated 26 ghost guns last year and have seized at least 10 this year. "As we address this issue, I want to make it clear that we are not taking anybody's Second Amendment rights away. What we are trying to do is to protect the public as well as our men and women in blue," Gonzalez said., a gun violence prevention organization, to craft this legislation. He said it will take two more weeks to put the legislation together.