(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – A handgun from a collection of illegal guns is reviewed during a gun buyback event in Brooklyn, N.Y., May 22, 2021. The Supreme Court, Thursday, June 23, 2022, struck down a restrictive New York gun law in a major ruling for gun rights. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

(Reported by Danielle Smith of Keystone News Service)

(Harrisburg, PA) As the Pennsylvania House reconvenes this week, lawmakers will focus regulating 3-D-printed “ghost guns.” These untraceable firearms, like the one allegedly used in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, complicate criminal investigations. For the third time, Representative Melissa Shusterman says she plans to introduce legislation aimed at classifying 3D-printed firearms as standard firearms under Pennsylvania’s laws and regulations and require 3D printer owners to be licensed as manufacturers. The Chester Democrat says she’s already circulated a memo to colleagues and is hopeful action will be taken for the bill. Pennsylvania State Police data reveal a doubling of ghost gun seizures by law enforcement in 2023 compared to 2022. Shusterman adds a bill to ban ghost-gun kits passed the House last session with bipartisan support, but stalled in the Senate Judiciary Committee.