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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is unfortunate but it is time to have a discussion about installing metal detectors and X-ray machines in schools like what DCPS does. Guns are not going away.[/quote]

Hate to break it to you but times have changed.  Ghost guns don't set off metal detectors (the bullets will, but they're small / hard to find).

X-ray machines work, but are expensive.  (but if MCPS can spend 1.6M of Covid funding on Kid's Museum and $160M+ on electric busses they must be flush with cash?)[/quote]
Bullshit. You don’t even know what a ghost gun is. They most certainly set off metal detectors. [/quote]

No doubt.  'Ghost guns' are basically 80% lowers that are made from aluminum or other alloy.  They are blocks of metal that require several hundred dollars of tools and a pretty reasonable skill set to mill out the block to turn it into a functional firearm.   A completed 9MM will cost about $800 for the frame and the slide.  Magazines are extra as are optics and ammunition.  And gun smithing tools.  They are not inexpensive, but some hobbiests like to build their own pistols.  The media has labeled them ghost guns because that are not required to be serialized as long as they stay with the person who built it (this is an ATF statement), or is passed down to a family member.  If a weapon was to be transferred or sold it would have to be serialized and the transaction would have to occur through a licensed FFL agent.  I have several registered, serialized firearms and that serial number does nothing more than note that I was the one who purchased it.  That's all.  If I were to shoot someone at 100M and disappeared, there is zero chance the round could be traced back to me.  Please stop believing what you see on CSI.  Registered firearms only help if the weapon is recovered at a crime scene.

Also, it is illegal for a person under the age of 21 to possess a firearm.  If you agree with that, maybe we should have a law that enforces the law that is already there.  I'm so tired of the chirping about more gun laws.  They are there already.  I hate to break it to you, but criminals don't tend to care about the laws.  There are plenty of gun laws that responsible gun owners already adhere to.  [/quote]

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