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“We will not hesitate to take every necessary action to keep these dangerous weapons out of our city and hold accountable those who put profits over people,” Mayor Adams said.
By Forum Staff
Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday announced that another online ghost gun retailer, Salvo Technologies, has stopped illegally selling and delivering gun components — used to assemble illegal and untraceable firearms — to New York City residents.
The agreement with Salvo Technologies — doing business as 80P Builder (based in Largo, Fla.) — is the third agreement the city has reached with online ghost gun retailers since last month, following a lawsuit filed against five companies in June 2022. The Adams administration announced two previous agreements on Aug. 25 with Rainier Arms (based in North Auburn, Wash.) and Rock Slide USA (based in Broadway, N.C.).
As part of Tuesday’s agreement with Salvo Technologies, the seller agrees, among other things, to:
Immediately stop selling ghost gun components to New York City residents,
Courtesy of 80P Builder Freedom Co.
The agreement with Salvo Technologies—doing business as 80P Builder (based in Largo, Fla.)—is the third agreement the City has reached with online ghost gun retailers since last month.
Implement a technological bar to any such sales in the future, and
Provide the city with sales data it can obtain for all such sales since 2020.
In addition to Salvo Technologies, Rainier Arms, and Rock Slide USA, New York City filed suit against Arm or Ally (based in Kansas City, Missouri) and Indie Guns (based in Orlando, Florida) in June. Those suits continue.
Additionally, State Attorney General Tish James filed her own lawsuit in June against 10 defendants — including the five the city sued — for selling tens of thousands of illegal, unfinished frames and receivers to New Yorkers that were then converted into unserialized, untraceable handguns and assault-style weapons.
“Ghost guns are illegal and deadly, and we will not sit idly by as gun sellers flout the law to turn a profit off of death in our city,” Adams said. “We will not hesitate to take every necessary action to keep these dangerous weapons out of our city and hold accountable those who put profits over people.”
