They don’t look like the movies. They don’t come from a dealer’s trunk. They are being printed in bedrooms and welded in garages, and they are killing people in Kent.
Today, independent charity Crimestoppers issues a chilling warning to Kent residents: the face of gun crime has changed. It is no longer just about smuggled handguns; it is about “ghost guns” and deadly conversions hiding in plain sight.
As serious violent crime surges across the country – with over 50,000 knife offences and 17,000 firearms operations recorded in the last year alone, Kent is not immune. Every converted starter pistol or 3D-printed frame is a tragedy waiting to happen, the modern criminal doesn’t need a black-market connection; they need a laptop and a 3D printer. This isn’t a hobby, it’s a death sentence.
Crimestoppers isn’t asking for your name; it is asking for your information. If you know someone downloading blueprints, tinkering with “blank-firers,” or supplying homemade hardware, your silence is their greatest weapon.
“A 3D-printed gun kills just as effectively as a military one. If you know who is making them, you have a choice: speak up now, or wait for the next headline.”
Give information 100% anonymously. Crimestoppers don’t want to know who you are, they just want to know where the guns are.
Crimestoppers is an independent charity helping communities to ‘Speak up. Stay safe.’
The 0800 555 111 telephone number and website crimestoppers-uk.org gives people the power to speak up and pass on information about crime 100% anonymously.