How to Use ghost gun in a Sentence

ghost gun

noun

• Oregon would become the ninth state in the nation to ban ghost guns.
  — oregonlive, 15 June 2023
• In recent years, the presence of ghost guns in the streets has skyrocketed.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
• The suspect was armed with an AR-15 rifle and a 9 mm ghost gun that's not traceable, Wainwright said.
  — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 5 July 2023
• Guns are just too easy to get out there, and a lot of them are ghost guns because people have bought them that shouldn’t have been able to buy them.
  — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2024
• The Biden administration hailed the change as a step in cracking down on ghost guns.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 18 Oct. 2023
• But there were at least five firearms in Nelson’s home, including two AR-15-style ghost guns.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2023
• The companies that make ghost gun parts have for too long been allowed to operate unchecked, and that needs to change.
  — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 15 July 2023
• In New York, for example, ghost gun recoveries dropped last year for the first time in four years.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2024
• Since 2021, more ghost guns have been recovered in Queens than in any other New York City borough.
  — Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
• The right-wing Fifth Circuit held that these ghost guns were immune from the background check and serial number laws.
  — Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
• The ghost gun restrictions would take effect in September of next year.
  — oregonlive, 8 Apr. 2023
• Key Background The ghost gun case comes as the Supreme Court has made waves for several major gun rulings in recent years.
  — Alison Durkee, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
• Aldrich was released from jail then and authorities kept two guns — a ghost gun pistol and an MM15 rifle — seized in the arrest.
  — Colleen Slevin, ajc, 26 June 2023
• Aldrich was released from jail then and authorities kept two guns -- a ghost gun pistol and an MM15 rifle – seized in the arrest.
  — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 26 June 2023
• The shooter was released from jail then and authorities kept two guns - a ghost gun pistol and an MM15 rifle - seized in the arrest.
  — CBS News, 26 June 2023
• Authorities said two guns seized from Aldrich in that case — a ghost gun pistol and an MM 15 rifle — weren't returned.
  — CBS News, 22 Feb. 2023
• Authorities said two guns seized from Aldrich in that case — a ghost gun pistol and an MM 15 rifle — weren’t returned.
  — Colleen Slevin, ajc, 23 Feb. 2023
• Roughly 15 percent involve bans on types of firearms such as machine guns, military-like weapons and ghost guns.
  — Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 7 July 2024
• After a search of Nelson’s car, police found a loaded Glock-style 40-caliber ghost gun inside a backpack.
  — Jordan Parker, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2023
• The next year, police would find a ghost gun in the veteran’s apartment on the night a man fled to the building after shooting at officers, grazing one in the finger and forehead.
  — Steve Thompson, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2023
• Webster said an increase in the number of ghost guns — firearms that can be bought in parts online, can be assembled at home, and can’t be traced — means that even more people are able to carry.
  — Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2023
• Police seized a ghost gun and ammunition from his apartment, according to court records.
  — Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2023
• Two of the suspects also used an Elmhurst garage to store ghost guns and high-capacity magazines, officials said.
  — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 17 July 2024
• Those numbers aren’t found on ghost guns, typically by design.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 18 Oct. 2023
• Police in California say ghost guns have been surging in number and put lethal weapons in the hands of criminals and teenagers who cannot legally buy a gun from a licensed dealer.
  — Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
• Police departments, including in Boston, have been trying to combat the production and sale of ghost guns for years.
  — Ivy Scott, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2023
• At least one of the firearms used by the 11 defendants was a ghost gun, two were stolen and all were illegally possessed by people under the age of 21, according to prosecutors.
  — Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2024
• San Diego police found a ghost gun and drugs in his possession and arrested him on suspicion of driving under the influence.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2024
• Deputies found the alleged shooter inside a nearby apartment and recovered two ghost guns during a search of the unit, according to the Sheriff’s Department.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2023
• Getting a firearm is easier now thanks to ghost guns and kits used to build guns, Bethel said, adding that some people bought guns with government money meant to cushion the financial blows of the pandemic.
  — Michel Martin, NPR, 15 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Dec 2024