California AG 54 ghost guns seized in unique state program

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California law enforcement took away 54 so-called ghost guns last year from people who can’t legally own firearms, a 38% jump in the number of the hard-to-trace weapons seized since 2021 under a unique state program, officials said Monday. © Provided by The Associated Press FILE – Firearms, seized from a multiagency operation targeting the Westside Verdugo criminal street gang, are displayed during a press conference at the San Bernardino Police Station, on Dec. 9, 2021, in San Bernardino, Calif. Law enforcement seized nearly 1,500 guns statewide in 2022 through an only-in-California program called the Armed…