California and San Francisco are cracking down on ghost gun manufacturing by suing websites that provide code and instructions for 3D printing ghost guns.

“The ghost gun industry continues to exploit new technologies, including 3D printing, to evade the law,” said state Attorney General Rob Bonta in a briefing Friday. “We can’t afford to allow untraceable firearms to take root in our communities.”

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.