Hundreds of U.S. towns and cities are reportedly feeding a secondary arms market where weapons slated for destruction are recycled into civilian hands, frequently without a background check, according to a New York Times story.
Guns that are meant to be melted down often end up in the hands of private firms that take them from police agencies and make millions of dollars by selling the remaining parts as almost complete gun kits and destroying the one component that has the serial number stamped on it. Online shoppers, however, might easily reassemble the weapon by replacing missing parts autonomously.
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