| The worst package Bryan Muehlberger received in the mail was a DIY kit for a "ghost gun" — a gun without a serial number that is untraceable. Muehlberger's daughter was murdered by this kind of weapon in 2019, during a shooting at her high school in Santa Clarita, Calif. Ghost gun kits can be purchased without a background check because they're technically "unfinished." Muehlberger ordered a kit under his daughter's name to see how easy it was to purchase — and cried when he realized that the company he ordered from didn't even care if the purchaser was alive. "As a gun owner myself, I believe in the Second Amendment and the right to bear arms," he writes. "But responsible gun owners understand that their rights come with responsibilities. The right to build a deadly weapon absent a background check, or other basic requirements, should not be valued more highly than my daughter's right, or anyone's right, to life." The Biden administration is considering a rule under which the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives would classify gun kits as firearms, closing this loophole. Will it act?  (Haven Daley/AP) Here's how easy to obtain kits for untraceable, deadly firearms: I ordered one in the name of my late 15-year-old daughter, who was murdered in a school shooting. By Bryan Muehlberger ● Read more » | | | | Thanks to a few GOP senators, President Biden is miles away from having a full government in place. By Fred Hiatt ● Read more » | | | | Covid-19 took a huge toll. But there are plenty of things to be thankful for that came from the pandemic. By Megan McArdle ● Read more » | | | | Did you see what President Biden tweeted? Probably not. By Dana Milbank ● Read more » | | | | We have an epidemic of vigilantism. Can anyone stop it? By Kathleen Parker ● Read more » | | | Count me among those in favor of the new chant. By Marc A. Thiessen ● Read more » | | | | Here's something Congress could do for the Fed Reserve chair: Avoid making his job harder than it already is. By Charles Lane ● Read more » | | | | The select committee casts a wide net in probing how the insurrection came to be. By Greg Sargent ● Read more » | | | | Biden is only the latest president to tinker with the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. By Paul Waldman ● Read more » | | | | A look back at the Steele dossier on CNN.com features a rather large omission. By Erik Wemple ● Read more » | | | |
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