House Renewal of Undetectable Firearms Act Fails to Address New Technologies

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2013. Today, the U.S. House of Representatives is poised to vote on a bill to reauthorize the Undetectable Firearms Act for a period of 10 years. Under the House bill, however, it is legal to manufacture plastic guns as long as the weapon contains a piece of metal, even if the metal is removable. In response to the House measure’s glaring loophole, Winnie Stachelberg, Executive Vice President for External Affairs at the…