In your statement you also touched on the issue of ghost guns. As the new kid on the block here at the public safety committee, I've been speaking with law enforcement. People in law enforcement have raised broad concerns about the dramatic increase in some sectors across the country in the number of ghost guns, untraceable weapons, that are being produced.
In one of the meetings, a law enforcement officer said that they can walk into a basement where there is a 3D printer that is legally obtained and find legally obtained firearm components. There is ammunition on the premises as well. That person does not have a PAL and hasn't gone through a process, yet all of these aspects are legal until the untraceable firearm is produced. To what extent is this a problem?
We feel very strongly in this corner of this committee room that we have to be tackling ghost guns in a very proactive way.
Do you see it as a problem? Do you have the statistics there? Do you feel that this is an aspect that needs to be addressed?