MD: Gunsmith Reports Hectic Day As Owners Scramble to Comply with Maryland's New Ghost Gun Law

- WUSA 9- TV/MSN, June 1, 2022. Hagerstown gunsmith and laser engraver says his business has grown hectic as Maryland's new "Ghost Gun" law went into effect on June 1.

"A lot of people are trying to comply with the new rules," said Doug Novic of DC Engraving in Hagerstown. "If you're in the state of Maryland, you must have your gun marked." Novic says he has engraved 150 to 200 home-built guns brought to him by owners and collectors since the law was passed by Maryland's General Assembly in March.

The law, which went into effect Wednesday, prohibits the sale of so-called "ghost guns," and requires existing guns to be marked and registered with state police. Owners have until March 1, 2023, to comply, according to the law. Ghost guns are either entirely home-built using tools like 3-D printers or are assembled from kits that are sold online. They do not have serial numbers and are not registered, rendering them virtually untraceable according to law enforcement authorities.

Until the law went into effect in Maryland, critics there complained that anyone with a credit card and a shipping address could buy one including kids, domestic abusers, mentally ill people and felons aiming to evade gun restrictions. Law enforcement authorities report ghost gun seizures are skyrocketing as criminals increasingly turn to them as an easy way to get a firearm...

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