Federal agents on Thursday raided one of the nation’s largest manufacturers of ghost-gun parts, a sign that federal law enforcement is cracking down on kits that allow people to make weapons at home.
The raid target, Nevada-based Polymer80, is suspected of illegally manufacturing and distributing firearms, failing to pay taxes, shipping guns across state lines and failing to conduct background investigations, according to an application for a search warrant unsealed Thursday after the raid took place.
The probe focuses on Polymer80’s “Buy Build Shoot Kit,” which includes the parts to build a “ghost” handgun. The kit, which Polymer80 sells online, meets the definition of a firearm, ATF investigators determined according to the warrant application. That means it would have to be stamped with a serial number and couldn’t be sold to consumers who haven’t first passed a background check.
Polymer80 chief executive David Borges didn’t return phone calls or texts seeking comment Thursday evening. Agents seized records and other evidence in Thursday’s raid in Dayton, close to Carson City, a law-enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation said. No Polymer80 employees were arrested and no charges have been filed.
Alcohol, tobacco, and firearms should be a convenient store not a government agency
This is slander.
Ghost gun company? Seriously ?
WSJ used to be dedicated to business and financial news... it’s a stretch to suggest this barely significant 2nd amendment inflammatory headline has any impact on business or finance Anyone remember when they said Murdoch buying the Journal wouldn’t cause editorial changes?
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Agentes de la ATF allanaron la empresa de armas fantasma Polymer80, con sede en Nevada, vendedor del 'Buy Build Shoot Kit'
I thought gun kits are legal ? so long the reciever is only 49% constructed.
Ah, good ole ATF. My third favourite pure evil American federal 'Law Enforcement' cabal of murderous slugs. Three literally constitutionally protected legal items that no one with a soul could justify policing. Unreal. No prizes for the top two.
Have they never heard of the 2A?
95% only bad news(