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SPRINGFIELD — With police departments reporting an increase in illegal “ghost guns” — untraceable firearms made of polymer components that can pass undetected through a metal detector — officials say Massachusetts needs to crack down on the weapons.
In a press briefing at Springfield police headquarters, state Rep. Carlos González, D-Springfield, and Brian Ashe, D-Longmeadow, Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno and Kendall Jacobsen of Everytown for Gun Safety, a nationwide organization calling for the prevention of gun violence, each called for legislation that would limit the availability of the guns and punish those to use them to commit crime.
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