Police said Luigi Mangione, the man charged in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, appears to have had a ghost gun, a weapon that can be made using a 3D printer.

The number of untraceable privately-made "ghost guns" recovered at crime scenes surged nearly 1,600% between 2017 and 2023, according to the results of a new federal gun trafficking study released on ...

Here's a look at what a "ghost gun" is and if it is legal in the United States. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. A "ghost gun" is an unserialized weapon ...

Ghost guns have no serial numbers. They are untraceable because their owners assemble them piece by piece, either by purchasing gun parts or — as may have been the case in the murder of ...

A federal study by the ATF found a massive surge of 1,600% in the recovery of untraceable 'ghost guns' at crime scenes from 2017 to 2023. This highlights the urgent need for stricter gun regulations ...

Arrests connected to the home-built weapons are growing rapidly in the U.S. and around the world. It’s likely to prove harder for governments and police to keep them out of the hands of criminals and ...

The Supreme Court in 2025 is expected to decide on key cases involving a TikTok ban, ghost guns and gender bending treatments ...

Poilce reported nearly 38,000 suspected ghost guns in a recent five-year period as technology makes weapons harder to track.

In 2017, law enforcement agencies in the US recovered approximately 1,600 ghost guns, according to federal data. By 2022, ...

Santa Clara County deputies recovered several ghost guns, prompting concerns about the prevalence of untraceable firearms.