Portland, ME PD posts/removes statement braying about home-built firearms on social media site

[DispositionMatrix]

https://archive.is/m1uHV/332be28846436c07b94d433fa925b6c37997fbc9.webp

Portland police delete post on homemade ‘ghost gun’ encounter after backlash

The Portland Police Department deleted a Facebook post about “ghost guns” on Monday after it was criticized by people who said it condemned the possession of legal homemade guns.

The post was made at around 8:30 a.m. but it was deleted less than an hour later and contained few details about the encounter. Several commenters criticized it during the short time it was up, saying that it lacked context and could be interpreted as an attack on homemade guns.

While Monday’s post was not explicitly political, the department has advocated for gun-control measures in the past. Former chief Michael Sauschuck, who now serves as commissioner of the Maine Department of Public Safety under Gov. Janet Mills, campaigned for an expansion of background checks while leading the city department.

Good to know when your local PD has openly embraced firearm prohibition.

 

[wilson911]

Did they also post anything about where to find these "loopholes"?

 

[DispositionMatrix]

Criticism leads Portland police to delete ‘ghost guns’ post

Homemade “ghost guns” lack serial numbers used to trace them and are often purchased without background checks. The Portland Police Department said the gun had been put together with parts from Polymer80, a Nevada-based company.

Portland police spokesperson David Singer said the man involved in the Feb. 15 incident has not been arrested.

Polymer80 have not responded to requests for comment, the newspaper said.

 

[knoxy]

Lol, f***in pussies. Portland is a commie shithole.

Fortunately my town has no local PD.

 

[SKumar]

Good to know when your local PD has openly embraced firearm prohibition.

Police work for the government, not the Constitution.

 

[cams]

Portland is just Cambridge with less teeth and less money.

 

[StevieP]

The post reflected increasing worries about homemade firearms from law enforcement agencies. Many of them argue the guns are easily getting into the hands of people otherwise prohibited from buying firearms and that crimes committed with these types of guns, which usually do not have serial numbers, are harder to solve.

Honest question for that author. How many crimes have been solved in Portland, ME, due to knowing a gun's serial number?