,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gedd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ah1 #bjbb,mr4
 ,torres of ,new ,york introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to provide a private right of  
action against the maker of any         
component of a ghost gun1 and any person
 who facilitated a sale of the ghost    
gun1 for injury or death resulting from 
the use of the ghost gun4  #a4 ,private 
right of action  7a7 ,in general ,an    
individual who is injured1 and any      
member of the family of an individual   
who is killed1 by use of a ghost gun in 
or affecting interstate or foreign      
commerce1 and the ,state and the        
political subdivision of the ,state in  
which the injury or death occurs1 may   
bring an action in the ,united ,states  
district court for the judicial district
 in which the injury or death occurs    
against the maker of any component of   
the ghost gun or any person who         

facilitated any sale of the ghost gun1  
for damages resulting from the injury or
 death4 ,the court may award a plaintiff
 prevailing in such an action such      
damages1 including consequential        
damages1 as the court deems appropriate4
  7b7 ,affirmative defenses ,in an      
action brought under subsection 7a71 it 
shall be an affirmative defense that the
 injury or death was caused by conduct  
of--  7#a7 an individual in defense     
against a reasonably perceived imminent 
threat to the safety of an individual   
not engaged in a violation of criminal  
law2 or  7#b7 a law enforcement officer 
in response to a reasonably perceived   
imminent threat to public safety4  7c7  
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,ghost gun ,the term ghost gun means a  
firearm that lacks a unique serial      
number engraved or cast on the frame or 
receiver of the firearm by a licensed   
manufacturer or licensed importer in    
accordance with section #ibc7;i7 of     
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 and   

includes any combination of parts       
designed or intended to be assembled1 or
 to be used in converting a device1 into
 a firearm4  7#b7 ,other terms ,the     
terms firearm1 licensed manufacturer1   
and licensed importer have the meanings 
given the terms1 respectively1 in       
section #iba7;a7 of title #ah1 ,united  
,states ,code4