I am always surprised to hear people say that the constitution is not absolute. It is the LAW.
The 200+ year old document is no help for the problems the country faces today.
So let's get rid of the right to assemble, as it is being used as an excuse to riot. Free speech should go because people are saying mean and nasty things. I think you can take any amendment and say that it should not apply now because we have bad things happening.
I don't disagree that we currently have problems. Violence is a result of something. Not the cause of something. What has changed in our society that makes people feel it is OK to attack others, burn buildings, scream at people for what they wear or who they support, etc.? Why are crazy people on the streets degrading life for everyone?
When we got tired of violence in the 70s and 80s and started cracking down, all violent crime went down dramatically and stayed down until recently. And what have we been doing recently?
At what point does a republican stop blocking people who are looking for a solution and come up with a solution themselves?
I agree that this is not a party issue except to the extent that the left, mostly dems, wish to go after the weapons that are legally held rather than to after the criminals that are not going to follow any laws in the first place.
My solution? enforce the laws on the books. Put people in jail and keep them there. build more jails if you need to.
Make sure that your local law enforcement is doing their job so that people (like the guy in FL) have a record and can't legally buy weapons. Institutionalize mentally ill people who are not staying on or responding to medications. A mother just stabbed her 3 kids to death and her estranged husband had been begging for help in getting the kids away from her.
Banning a weapon because of how it looks is not a solution. It is a step toward banning other weapons that work in the same way, and are used in most crimes, namely semi-auto handguns. There is no difference in how semi-auto weapons work. One of the most lethal weapons is a shotgun. The most easily concealed and carried, a handgun. least used in mass shootings? any kind of rifle.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/476409/mass-shootings-in-the-us-by-weapon-types-used/Fix the people problem. The 2nd amendment is the only one that people feel comfortable messing with. Given the current leftist bent of our politics, I guarantee it will not be the last.
And to the original question: "Ghost guns" as described by our president, are generally something that hobbyists make. They can create a weapon to their own specs. It's not cheap or all that easy to create a reliable weapon. Have they been used in crimes? yes, but not often. It's much easier and cheaper for a criminal to buy a gun on the streets.