With Buffalo in ghost gun 'pandemic,' new state laws take aim at problem
By Aaron Besecker
News Staff Reporter
Updated
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Two guns, including a ghost gun, were recovered, along with more than $6,000 in cash and more than 10 pounds of marijuana, from a home on Ryan Street in South Buffalo on Oct. 15.
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Buffalo police recovered 15 illegally possessed guns, including four ghost guns, during the execution of four search warrants over three days in October.
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A ghost gun, more than $45,000, drug packaging materials and a scale were found during an Oct. 18 raid in Buffalo.
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These illegally possessed weapons, including two ghost guns, were recovered by Buffalo police during an Oct. 18 raid on Freund Street.
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Buffalo police recovered five guns on Oct. 21, including two ghost guns.
At a time when ghost guns are being found on Buffalo streets more frequently than ever, New York State has enacted new laws aimed at clamping down on these untraceable, assemble-at-home weapons.
Two guns, including a ghost gun, were recovered, along with more than $6,000 in cash and more than 10 pounds of marijuana, from a home on Ryan Street in South Buffalo on Oct. 15.
Buffalo police recovered 15 illegally possessed guns, including four ghost guns, during the execution of four search warrants over three days in October.