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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — We're told the gun used in the murder of United HealthCare CEO Brian Thompson was a so-called ghost gun. Simply put, privately manufactured firearms are guns without serial numbers that can be pieced together with a 3D printer, the computer code and some skill. "Technology has advanced in leaps and bounds, which has allowed a lot of hobbyists and innovators to purchase 3D printers and source CAD files that allow them to print things like frames, and receivers and then construct them at home into a working firearm," said Corell Thomas. Corell Thomas has spent his whole career either in the military or in private security. He is the vice president of operations at Fortified Risk Group. DIY firearms are generally legal in Tennessee. As long as they are not manufactured to be sold, 3D printing a gun for personal use does not require special permissions. "Unless you are intent on selling said 3D printed firearm or giving it to someone, it is technically legal in the state of Tennessee for you to have an unserialized firearm," Thomas said. Certain types of firearms that are regulated under the National Firearms Act cannot be 3D printed without going through the proper protocols. Those include machine guns, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, silencers and destructive devices with suppressors. When it was first enacted in the 1930s, the underlying purpose of the NFA was to discourage transactions of firearms frequently used in crimes. As you can imagine, these guns have both critics and supporters. Groups like Everytown for Gun Safety propose the spread of the computer code that is used to 3D print the firearm or its parts needs to be stopped. Those who want to put an end to 3D printed guns have a bit of an uphill battle as 3D printers have simplified the manufacturing process in other industries, like the automobile and prosthetic industry. "So it becomes the question of where do we draw the line where we're not prohibiting innovation in areas we need it in order to stop a percentage of nefarious actors," Thomas said. Between 2016 and 2021, the ATF received more than 45,000 reports of so-called ghost guns used in a crime. Do you have more information about this story? You can email me at hannah.mcdonald@newschannel5.com . Rebecca: https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/a2/d9/fb69982545c59e9836fbe80fe431/rebecca-recommends.png Bree: https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/74/78/507118fa415f9ad794a927fe43ca/screenshot-2024-12-09-at-5-09-02-am.png Carrie: https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/2e/72/be0f23854c54a228c9d6138c9847/carrie-recommends-header.png Ben: https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/df/c4/19fa7c504480938f39a431e3b276/ben-recommends-header.png Amy: https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/b9/b6/1408516a4a91b97639b178fc1ba9/amy-recommends-header.png Rhori: https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/5b/25/a224d13d47739165c92b94e643db/rhori-recommends-header.png Lelan: https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/af/54/833bf879454097a398bd44f723de/lelan-recommends.png Fostering Hope provides Christmas for kids in foster care. I'm delighted to see Fostering Hope expand this year to expand their reach to now include kids in Foster care in metro AND foster kids in East TN hard hit by Helene. -Bree SmithMissing girl, 14, left in the woods by a man she met online: sheriff
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Alexander Materne, the suspect, reportedly left a 14-year-old girl in this tent in the woods after driving her from Tennessee to Louisiana to have sexual relations with her (Tangipahoa Parish Sheriffs Office) A 14-year-old girl reported missing in Tennessee was found safe in Louisiana, where a man she met online left her in the woods after having sexual relations with her. According to the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office , the suspect, 28-year-old Alexander Materne, met the teen girl on a gaming platform online and arranged to drive from Louisiana to Tennessee to pick her up. On Dec. 23, he drove the girl to his home in St. Rose, Louisiana, and had sexual relations with her. When she disclosed her age to him, he reportedly bought the girl a tent, food and water and dropped her off in a secluded wooded area in Tangipahoa Parish, about 42 miles from his house. RELATED: Suspect in custody after allegedly kidnapping child he met on social media, police say From there, Materne reportedly left and went to celebrate Christmas with his family in Jennings, Louisiana, about 160 miles from his home in St. Rose. The teen girl’s parents were able to track Materne to Jennings and get deputies to his family’s house to question him, authorities said. He later took detectives to the girl’s tent in the woods. She’d been there for about two days. The girl was taken to a hospital for a check-up and later reunited with her family. Materne faces numerous charges, including aggravated kidnapping of a child and felony counts of human trafficking and carnal knowledge. "You can’t make this stuff up. It’s a Christmas miracle that she was found safe. This thing could’ve ended badly," Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Gerald Sticker said. This report includes information from the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office and the Associated Press, and photos from the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office.President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a “political resolution” to the issue. The request came as TikTok and the Biden administration filed opposing briefs to the court, in which the company argued the court should strike down a law that could ban the platform by Jan. 19 while the government emphasized its position that the statute is needed to eliminate a national security risk. “President Trump takes no position on the underlying merits of this dispute. Instead, he respectfully requests that the Court consider staying the Act’s deadline for divestment of January 19, 2025, while it considers the merits of this case,” said Trump’s amicus brief, which supported neither party in the case and was written by D. John Sauer, Trump’s choice for solicitor general. The argument submitted to the court is the latest example of Trump inserting himself in national issues before he takes office. The Republican president-elect has already begun negotiating with other countries over his plans to impose tariffs, and he intervened earlier this month in a plan to fund the federal government, calling for a bipartisan plan to be rejected and sending Republicans back to the negotiating table. He has been holding meetings with foreign leaders and business officials at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida while he assembles his administration, including a meeting last week with TikTok CEO Shou Chew. Trump has reversed his position on the popular app, having tried to ban it during his first term in office over national security concerns. He joined the TikTok during his 2024 presidential campaign and his team used it to connect with younger voters, especially male voters, by pushing content that was often macho and aimed at going viral. He said earlier this year that he still believed there were national security risks with TikTok, but that he opposed banning it. The filings Friday come ahead of oral arguments scheduled for Jan. 10 on whether the law, which requires TikTok to divest from its China-based parent company or face a ban, unlawfully restricts speech in violation of the First Amendment. The law was was signed by President Joe Biden in April after it passed Congress with broad bipartisan support. TikTok and ByteDance filed a legal challenge afterwards. Earlier this month, a panel of three federal judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously upheld the statute , leading TikTok to appeal the case to the Supreme Court. The brief from Trump said he opposes banning TikTok at this junction and “seeks the ability to resolve the issues at hand through political means once he takes office.” In their brief to the Supreme Court on Friday, attorneys for TikTok and its parent company ByteDance argued the federal appeals court erred in its ruling and based its decision on “alleged ‘risks’ that China could exercise control” over TikTok’s U.S. platform by pressuring its foreign affiliates. The Biden administration has argued in court that TikTok poses a national security risk due to its connections to China. Officials say Chinese authorities can compel ByteDance to hand over information on TikTok’s U.S. patrons or use the platform to spread or suppress information. But the government “concedes that it has no evidence China has ever attempted to do so,” TikTok’s legal filing said, adding that the U.S. fears are predicated on future risks. 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