Friend,

We have huge news to share. President Biden took action today, after months of preparation, to rein in the danger of ghost guns in communities across Pennsylvania and across the nation. 

Ghost guns, which are easily assembled and purchased and can be sold in ways that conceal violent crime from future investigation, are a rapidly growing threat to public safety. This announcement is a huge step forward and will save many lives, but there is more work to be done to create a Pennsylvania where all can live free from gun violence. 

This new rule will require that these weapons have serial numbers, and requires the purchaser to pass a background check. It also requires ghost gun manufacturers and sellers to be licensed by the federal government, and creates a plan to add serial numbers to ghost guns already in circulation. Take a moment right now to thank President Biden.

I’ll share the press statement I just shared with reporters: 

“Ghost guns destroy lives just like a regular firearm. But for too long, a legal loophole allowed abusers, criminals, and violent Pennsylvanians to buy one without any of the safeguards we rely on. They took the lives of Pennsylvanians at an ever-increasing rate while law enforcement had few options to do anything but recover the next ghost gun at the next crime scene.

“Today we’re safer because President Biden is enshrining an obvious fact into law: ghost guns are firearms. The fewer criminals that have access to these deadly weapons, the more lives that will be saved.

“After a year with the highest rate of gun homicide on record in Pennsylvania, today is the first step on a long road to ensuring every Pennsylvanian can live a life free from gun violence. We look forward to the General Assembly, Congress, and President Biden taking the next step soon.”

Do me a favor and thank President Biden for this. We’ve got a lot more work to do, and we’ll be even more successful if President Biden knows his work now is truly appreciated by voters.

Adam Garber
CeaseFirePA