Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference in the Governor's Reception Room in Harrisburg on Dec. 16, 2019, as he said he law enforcement should treat nearly completed guns the same as firearms.
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Lawsuit challenges state police over new ‘ghost gun’ policy
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Ed Mahon / PA Post
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference in the Governor's Reception Room in Harrisburg on Dec. 16, 2019, as he said he law enforcement should treat nearly completed guns the same as firearms.
(Harrisburg) — Businesses that manufacture frames that can be built into working firearms are suing after Pennsylvania’s attorney general classified their products as guns under state law.
The Commonwealth Court lawsuit filed Friday asks a judge to stop the state police from implementing any new policy.
They’re responding to legal guidance issued earlier this week to the state police by Democratic Attorney General Josh Shapiro. He’s telling the agency to treat unassembled “ghost guns,” gun frames also referred to as 80% receivers, as firearms.
The plaintiffs said the opinion doesn’t give fair notice to people regarding what’s legal and what’s not.
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