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    Ghost Gunner company accused of rebranding ploy to dodge California ban

    When San Diego County Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer first saw the Coast Runner milling machine being marketed as some state-of-the-art product for creative people in California, she was livid. Despite its chill name and the retro colors splashed on its side, Lawson-Remer said the Coast Runner was clearly just a rebranded Ghost Gunner — a desktop machine the state outlawed in 2022 for its ...
    by Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times May 03, 2024 4 minutes
    A jig and receiver for a rifle "ghost gun" seized in federal law enforcement action is displayed at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives field office in Glendale, California on April 18, 2022.

    When San Diego County Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer first saw the Coast Runner milling machine being marketed as some state-of-the-art product for creative people in California, she was livid.

    Despite its chill name and the retro colors splashed on its side, Lawson-Remer said the Coast Runner was clearly just a rebranded Ghost Gunner — a desktop machine the state outlawed in 2022 for its ability to turn simple slabs of metal into homemade components for untraceable ghost guns, including assault rifles resembling AR-15s and AK-47s, and semiautomatic pistols.

    “The idea that you could take the same exact product that is designed to kill people, put a different packaging on it, and suddenly it’s not lethal and not illegal?

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