{"id":190717,"date":"2023-05-31T19:01:50","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T23:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=180211"},"modified":"2023-05-31T19:01:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T17:29:19","slug":"polymer80-settles-lawsuit-with-los-angeles-over-ghost-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/polymer80-settles-lawsuit-with-los-angeles-over-ghost-guns\/","title":{"rendered":"Polymer80 Settles Lawsuit with Los Angeles Over &#8216;Ghost Guns&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Polymer80-1024x673.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-163900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Polymer80-1024x673.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Polymer80-400x263.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Polymer80-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Polymer80-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Polymer80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(<em>Photo: Polymer80<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time:  <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">4<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto this week announced a settlement with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polymer80.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"polymer80-settles-lawsuit-with-los-angeles-over-ghost-guns\" title=\"Polymer80 Settles Lawsuit with Los Angeles Over 'Ghost Guns'\">Polymer80<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Polymer80, a leading producer of firearm parts kits, must pay $4 million in civil penalties. The company founders are also due to pay an additional $1 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nevada-based company is also prohibited from selling so-called &#8220;ghost guns&#8221; in California without conducting background checks and serializing its products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between January 2020 and February 2023, more than 4,200 Polymer80 &#8220;ghost guns&#8221; were recovered by LAPD, according to Feldstein Soto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis settlement holds Polymer80 and its founders accountable, keeps guns out of the hands of prohibited people, makes L.A. neighborhoods safer and will help law enforcement do their jobs,\u201d said&nbsp;Hydee Feldstein Soto, Los Angeles City Attorney.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMore than 16,000 people have been killed by gun violence so far in 2023. This is an important step toward preventing unnecessary deaths, especially as Congress repeatedly fails to take action,&#8221; she added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-see-also-biden-ordered-atf-to-get-his-ghost-guns-for-press-conference\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/biden-ordered-atf-to-get-his-ghost-guns-for-press-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"polymer80-settles-lawsuit-with-los-angeles-over-ghost-guns\" title=\"Polymer80 Settles Lawsuit with Los Angeles Over 'Ghost Guns'\">Biden Ordered ATF to Get His \u2018Ghost Guns\u2019 For Press Conference<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Soto thanked the case contributors, Everytown Law, and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart &amp; Sullivan, LLP, for their teamwork and dedication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Online, no-questions-asked sales of ghost gun-building kits have funneled too many firearms into the hands of felons, minors, and other prohibited people,&#8221; said Eric Tirschwell, Executive Director of Everytown Law.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tirschwell added that the settlement sends a clear message to gun sellers prioritizing profit over safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawsuit, filed in February 2021, accused Polymer80 of violating federal Gun Control Act requirements and California gun laws. The company allegedly sold gun kits without background checks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the settlement, Polymer80 is enjoined from selling kits in California without complying with federal gun control requirements. They also cannot provide customer support for constructing &#8220;ghost guns&#8221; in California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, Polymer80 is forbidden from claiming in advertisements or on its website that unserialized gun kits are legal in California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawsuit was prosecuted by Deputy City Attorneys Christopher Munsey and Tiffany Tejeda-Rodriguez, Managing Senior Assistant City Attorney Michael Bostrom, with assistance from Everytown Law and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart &amp; Sullivan, LLP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/california-senate-passes-microstamping-bill-to-halt-new-handgun-sales-by-2027\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"polymer80-settles-lawsuit-with-los-angeles-over-ghost-guns\" title=\"Polymer80 Settles Lawsuit with Los Angeles Over 'Ghost Guns'\">California Senate Passes Microstamping Bill to Halt New Handgun Sales By 2027<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While gun control advocates are celebrating this as a win, the stone-cold reality is the majority of violent criminals in this country right now have no problem sourcing fully finished firearms, let alone gun parts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This settlement and new restrictions on so-called &#8220;ghost guns&#8221; will not keep bad guys from getting guns.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Erich Pratt, Executive Director of Gun Owners of America, noted in a 2022&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/goa-what-the-left-gets-wrong-about-ghost-guns\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"polymer80-settles-lawsuit-with-los-angeles-over-ghost-guns\" title=\"Polymer80 Settles Lawsuit with Los Angeles Over 'Ghost Guns'\">article<\/a>&nbsp;on the subject when the Biden administration was demonizing gun parts and kits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe White House claims that serializing firearms is necessary to stop criminals, but in reality, there is no evidence that registering firearms \u2014 or stamping them with serial numbers \u2014 prevents crime,&#8221; he explained <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cVirtually every gun used in a crime already has a serial number,\u201d Pratt continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, while the proliferation of homemade firearms at crime scenes has increased over the past few years, they are still fairly uncommon. As Pratt pointed out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-announces-new-rule-modernize-firearm-definitions\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"polymer80-settles-lawsuit-with-los-angeles-over-ghost-guns\" title=\"Polymer80 Settles Lawsuit with Los Angeles Over 'Ghost Guns'\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According to the Department of Justice<\/a>, privately made firearms were found at 692 homicide or attempted homicide crime scenes over a six-year period. That means that, at worst, out of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ucr.fbi.gov\/crime-in-the-u.s\/2019\/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019\/topic-pages\/tables\/table-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"polymer80-settles-lawsuit-with-los-angeles-over-ghost-guns\" title=\"Polymer80 Settles Lawsuit with Los Angeles Over 'Ghost Guns'\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more than 16,000 yearly murders<\/a>, homemade guns are used in around 115 homicides per year. That\u2019s far fewer murders than many common items which are easily found around one\u2019s house \u2014 such as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ucr.fbi.gov\/crime-in-the-u.s\/2019\/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019\/topic-pages\/tables\/expanded-homicide-data-table-8.xls\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"polymer80-settles-lawsuit-with-los-angeles-over-ghost-guns\" title=\"Polymer80 Settles Lawsuit with Los Angeles Over 'Ghost Guns'\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">knives (1,476), hammers or blunt objects (397), or fists and feet (600)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s also worth noting that the term \u201cghost gun\u201d can be used to describe commercially produced firearms that have had the serial number scraped off. So, not all \u201cghost guns\u201d recovered at crime scenes were built from gun parts and kits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bottom line is that the panic over so-called \u201cghost guns\u201d is unwarranted. And, any new regulations will be entirely ineffectual \u2014 save for the fact that they will have a negative impact on lawful gun owners, hobbyists, and DIYers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><em>*** <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"polymer80-settles-lawsuit-with-los-angeles-over-ghost-guns\" title=\"Polymer80 Settles Lawsuit with Los Angeles Over 'Ghost Guns'\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a> ***<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polymer80, a leading producer of firearm parts kits, must pay $4 million in civil penalties. 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