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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Tina Sfondeles

‘Ghost’ busters: Illinois becomes first state in Midwest to ban untraceable do-it-yourself ‘ghost guns’

JB Pritzker Illinois Midwest Brendan Kelly Lori Lightfoot Pat Nabong Illinois State Police NRA Police SunTimes
Gov. J.B. Pritzker pauses while signing a bill that bans the sale and possession of ghost guns, which are unregistered, typically assembled at home and are untraceable, during a news conference at The Ark of St. Sabina Wednesday morning. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

A measure signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker Wednesday morning outlaws unmarked “ghost guns” and makes Illinois the only state in the Midwest to ban such weapons.

President Joe Biden and the U.S Justice Department last month announced new regulations on ghost guns, which can be assembled within 15 minutes and bear no serial numbers, making them largely untraceable.

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