California AG Sues Florida Company Over ‘Ghost Gun’ Blueprints

California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued a Florida-based company behind websites that Californians can use to obtain code for 3D printing unserialized “ghost guns.”

Gatalog Foundation Inc. and CTRLPew LLC are accused of unlawfully sharing computer code on linked websites that people without gun licenses can use to 3D print ghost gun firearms and accessories. These weapons that can be assembled at home don’t have serial numbers and are untrackable, allowing users to bypass background checks that are designed to keep minors and people convicted of dangerous felonies from owning firearms.

State prosecutors built a “fully functioning Glock-style handgun” using code from Gatalog’s website “with a few simple keystrokes,” the complaint filed Friday in California Superior Court, San Francisco County said.

The CTRLPew website sells stickers the complaint says are meant to “mock” California gun control measures, and merchandise that says “Go and make it. Print one of everything. Laugh on the grave of gun control,” the complaint said.

“This groundbreaking lawsuit shows that our office is not bound by the old playbook,” Bonta said in a statement. “Similar to these defendants, we think creatively, but our aim is to protect public safety rather than obstruct it.”

Over the past 10 years the number of ghost guns and devices used to convert firearms into machine guns taken annually by law enforcement has soared from a just over two dozen to more than 11,000 on average, the complaint said.

The US Supreme Court in 2025 upheld a 2022 federal regulation requiring guns assembled with kits to be stamped with serial numbers and for buyers to undergo background checks. A 3D ghost gun is believed to have been used in the 2024 fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare Inc. CEO Brian Thompson.

CTRLPew.com didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

The case is People v. Gatalog Foundation Inc., Cal. Super. Ct., 2/6/26.