A new government report shows that the number of firearms made in the U.S. has increased exponentially over the last two decades.
"At no point since 2011 has there been a year where less than 6,731,958 firearms were manufactured for domestic consumption," the report found.
Do-it-yourself gun making has also surged in popularity starting in the mid-2010s, the ATF found. Miscellaneous firearms manufacturing — a category that includes components that are sold to someone who then uses them to assemble a gun — grew 4,200%, with most of that growth taking place in the last 10 years, according to the report.
The ATF also noted an increase in so-called ghost guns or homemade guns — guns made by an individual without a serial number. Making one's own gun is legal, the ATF noted, and was popular in the 1980s and 1990s among gun hobbyists. But starting in the mid-2000s, the advent of online tutorials and 3D printing fueled the growth of homemade guns. During this time, the number of DIY guns recovered from crime scenes surged.
"[C]riminals are actively making, using, and distributing PMFs both domestically and internationally," the ATF wrote. And because their manufacture and distribution is unregulated, it is"nearly impossible to know how many PMFs are being made and distributed into commerce or being used by criminals."
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