House Bill 2320, a bill that Washington State Legislature passed into law March 11, updates existing ‘ghost gun’ policy to make fabricating guns and gun parts using 3D printers and other industrial manufacture machines without proper permits illegal. The law will go into effect July 1.
HB 2321, currently stalled, is a follow-up bill that details the specifics of these restrictions.
There has been a mixed public reaction to both bills, with support for the strengthening of Washington’s gun legislation, as well as criticism over the wording and execution of the restrictions themselves.
In Washington, a ghost gun, legally referred to as an untraceable firearm, is defined as a firearm with no serial number from a federally licensed manufacturer. The use…
