Hartford has joined with 15 other cities, three Texas district attorneys, and Prosecutors Against Gun Violence to file an amicus brief opposing a preliminary injunction to enjoin the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives from regulating “ghost guns,” according to Mayor Luke Bronin.

The injunction had been filed in May by Division 80, a Texas gun parts manufacturer, challenging the ghost gun regulations on Second Amendment grounds, according to Bronin.

According to the White House, the AFT rule bans manufacturing of the most accessible ghost guns, such as “unserialized ‘buy build shoot’ kits that individuals can buy online or at a store without a background check and can readily assemble into a working firearm in as little as 30 minutes.”

It also clarifies that the kits qualify as firearms under the Gun Control Act, and as such commercial manufacturers must therefore be “licensed and include serial numbers on the kits’ frame or receiver, and commercial sellers of these kits must become federally licensed and run background checks prior to a sale – just like they have to do with other commercially-made firearms,” according to the White House.

Bronin said Hartford joined Prosecutors Against Gun Violence, Dallas, Bexar, and Travis County District Attorneys, and the cities of Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Columbus, Dayton, Los Angeles, New York, Newark, NJ, Oakland, CA, Philadelphia, Providence, Rochester, NY, San Francisco, Seattle, and Syracuse. In 2020, Hartford joined 10 other cities, 18 states, and the District of Columbia in supporting a lawsuit pushing the ATF “to properly regulate ghost guns under federal law,” according to Bronin.

“You cannot claim to be serious about fighting gun crime if you’re not serious about restricting access to ghost guns,” Bronin said, in a statement.

“Ghost guns are real and growing problem in cities across the country, and our police are seeing and seizing them more and more often with every passing month,” he said.

“Ghost guns are designed to be untraceable, they undermine the most basic common-sense gun laws, they serve absolutely no legitimate purpose for law-abiding gun owners, they’re being used in gun crimes across the country, and we need urgent action on a federal level,” Bronin said. “This ATF rule would help increase the traceability of illegal guns and require background checks for anyone who seeks to buy a gun kit, and it will help save lives and cut down on gun violence nationwide.”

According to the White House, “there were approximately 20,000 suspected ghost guns reported to ATF (in 2021) as having been recovered by law enforcement in criminal investigations – a ten-fold increase from 2016.”

The Hartford Police Department seized 29 ghost guns last year, and has recovered 34 so far this year, Bornin said.

Bronin said a separate amicus brief defending the ATF rule was filed by a coalition of 20 state Attorneys General, including Connecticut Attorney General Tong.

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