SAN JOSE (KCBS RADIO) – While the Biden administration recently cracked down on the sale and manufacture of ghost guns, one Bay Area city is going a step further.
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San Jose has officially banned ghost guns, firearms that are assembled at home and nearly impossible to trace.
These weapons, which don't have serial numbers, present a growing problem for law enforcement.
"About a quarter of the guns that are seized by the San Jose Police Department, those are illegal guns, are ghost guns," said San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo.
In response, the city council unanimously passed a law on Tuesday that makes possession of ghost guns or their parts illegal.
This comes a month after the federal government placed restrictions on the sale and manufacture of these firearms, which Liccardo said didn't take things far enough.
"The challenge is the ocean of ghost guns is still out there," he said. "That's why we need this ordinance, to be able to address those guns that are out there on our streets, in our communities."
Similar bans have also passed in Oakland and San Francisco.
Critics of the ban argue that it will impinge on the rights of legal gun owners, while doing little to keep weapons out of the hands of criminals.
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