San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced on Wednesday that he is suing three California "ghost gun" manufacturers.
In front of the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, Boudin detailed a civil lawsuit filed in California Superior Court against G.S. Performance, Blackhawk Manufacturing Group and MDX Corporation, who he said produce and sell untraceable firearms made from pre-packaged kits.
The so-called "ghost guns" are fully operational, highly lethal unregistered, unserialized and untraceable firearms. They are purchased online without the protection of criminal background checks and are assembled following tutorials found on YouTube.
Using parts sold by one of the defendants, an inspector from the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office was able to assemble a GLOCK-19 style handgun in approximately 24 minutes.
The suit, filed jointly alongside law firm Keker, Van Nest & Peters and the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, alleges that the manufacturers violated federal and California law by producing and selling firearms without a serial number.
In 2020, 50% of guns in San Francisco were ghost guns.
This week alone, there were four gun-related homicides in a five-day period. "Guns are flooding our streets," said Boudin. "Enough is enough. We must take action."
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