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What Next - Cracking Down on Ghost Guns

What Next - Cracking Down on Ghost Guns

Biden wants to regulate homemade weapons. Will it make a difference?

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April 18, 202220m 48s

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Show Notes

The Biden Administration recently announced a new policy aimed at cracking down on ghost guns—homemade weapons without serial numbers, making them harder to trace. But with gun violence on the rise, will this particular move make a meaningful difference?


Guest: David Chipman, senior policy advisor at Giffords, a gun violence prevention organization. 


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