Baltimore Police Department data reviewed by The Baltimore Sun shows legislation and regulations enacted two years ago to curb access to homemade, untraceable “ghost guns” have led to a sharp decline in the number of such guns on Baltimore’s streets, with the number of ghost gun recoveries down nearly 40% last year from 2022.
That’s contributing to an even steeper drop in the number of juvenile shooting victims in the city, which fell 55% during that same time period — to 33 from 74.
“The only market, really, for ghost guns is the criminal and juvenile market,” said Philip Bangle, an attorney with Brady United, a nonprofit focused on gun violence prevention and legislation…