Defense Distributed ghost gun manufacturer sued by San Diego County [Video]

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The County of San Diego and national gun safety group GIFFORD Law Center have partnered on a lawsuit against Defense Distributed, a gun manufacturing company.

The county claims the company did a bait and switch on an already banned product.

“They are profiting on death and they need to be held accountable,” said county supervisor vice chair Terra Lawson-Remer.

The county is suing the company over one of their ghost gun manufacturing machines. Lawson-Remer said in 2022 the county council voted to bring lawsuits against ghost gun manufacturers.

“And we are not going to be looking the other way we are going to come after you,” Lawson-Remer said.

A lawsuit filed this week alleges that for years Defense Distributed sold a machine called the Ghost Gunner, which allowed users to build ghost guns, otherwise known as illegal untraceable and un-serialized guns.

The Ghost Gunner was …