In 2022, Nevada enacted a ban on ghost guns, which are firearms without serial numbers that are sold as kits that users assemble on their own. It is one of 15 states that created legislation regulating those weapons, which law enforcement has flagged as untraceable.

New York City detectives investigating this week's mass shooting were interviewing the attacker's associates in his home state of Nevada on Wednesday, as gun safety advocates expressed dismay that he was able to buy a gun there legally last month despite two reported mental health hospitalizations.