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
• The ghost gun found on Mangione also matched the one used to kill Thompson.
  — Filip Timotija, The Hill, 10 Dec. 2024
• Yet the Supreme Court heard oral argument last week about whether ghost guns count as firearms.
  — Noah Feldman, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
• 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
• And that means that going forward, all guns could become ghost guns.
  — 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
• Or should personal disputes likewise be handled with a ghost gun and a 9mm slug in the back?
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Dec. 2024
• 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
• There’s no doubt that ghost guns pose a public safety hazard.
  — Noah Feldman, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
• 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.
  — Colleen Slevin, ajc, 23 Feb. 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
• 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
• At the time of his arrest, Mangione had with him a ghost gun thought to be used in the shooting, a fake ID and three pages of text possibly indicating his motive, police said.
  — Ayana Archie, NPR, 10 Dec. 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 3 Jan 2025