A San Diego Superior Court judge issues a preliminary injunction preventing a Texas-based company from selling its Coast Runner milling machine in California, ruling it is a rebranded version of the outlawed Ghost Gunner device. The county’s lawsuit claims that ghost guns made with such machines are contributing to a significant rise in gun violence, with California recovering nearly 13,000 ghost guns linked to crimes by 2022, up from just 26 in 2015.
Judge Loren Freestone emphasizes that the Coast Runner’s design closely mirrors the Ghost Gunner, including similar parts and operation manuals. This ruling represents yet another legal victory for San Diego County in its broader effort to combat the proliferation of untraceable firearms, a push supported by the Giffords Law Center, aiming to make the injunction permanent to safeguard public safety.
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