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Did Aaron Ford crack down on fentanyl traffickers and ghost guns?

Matches stated record claim. His office asked for the 2023 law that made 28 grams of illegal fentanyl a trafficking crime, and won a court ruling upholding Nevada's ghost gun ban.

Aaron D. Ford

Fentanyl law and ghost gun ban

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What they say

His campaign says that as attorney general he cracked down on fentanyl traffickers and ghost guns.

“Cracked down on fentanyl traffickers and ghost guns”

What the record shows ·

Senate Bill 35 was filed in November 2022 on behalf of the attorney general. It made 28 grams or more of illegally made fentanyl a trafficking crime; other drug trafficking starts at 100 grams. It became law on June 14, 2023. On April 18, 2024, his office won a unanimous Nevada Supreme Court ruling that upheld the state's 2021 ghost gun ban.

Limit: His office asked for the bill; the Legislature passed it and the governor signed it. On ghost guns, his office defended the 2021 ban in court.

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  1. About Aaronhttps://www.fordfornevada.com/about

    Committee to Elect Aaron Ford · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign biography and list of accomplishments.

    candidate statement

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  2. SB 35 (2023), as introduced (document)

    Nevada Legislature · Published Nov 16, 2022 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The first page reads 'On behalf of the Attorney General', prefiled November 16, 2022.

    official legislative record

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  3. SB 35 (2023), fentanyl traffickinghttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/82nd2023/Bill/FillSelectedBillTab?selectedTab=Overview&billKey=9588

    Nevada Legislature · Published Jun 14, 2023 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Bill history and digest: prefiled November 16, 2022; approved by the Governor June 14, 2023. Sets trafficking in illegally made fentanyl at 28 grams; other schedule I and II trafficking starts at 100 grams.

    official legislative record

    For: Did Aaron Ford crack down on fentanyl traffickers and ghost guns?

  4. Attorney General Ford applauds Nevada Supreme Court decision that bans on 'ghost guns' are constitutionalhttps://ag.nv.gov/News/PR/2024/Attorney_General_Ford_Applauds_Nevada_Supreme_Court_Decision_that_Bans_on_%E2%80%98Ghost_Guns%E2%80%99_are_Constitutional/

    Office of the Nevada Attorney General · Published Apr 18, 2024 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Dated April 18, 2024. Says a unanimous Nevada Supreme Court reversed a lower court and upheld the state's 2021 ghost gun ban, and thanks his staff who worked the case.

    official office record

    For: Did Aaron Ford crack down on fentanyl traffickers and ghost guns?

  5. Sisolak v. Polymer80, 140 Nev., Advance Opinion 30 (document)

    Supreme Court of Nevada (posted by the Office of the Nevada Attorney General) · Published Apr 18, 2024 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Filed April 18, 2024. Reverses a Lyon County ruling against the ghost gun statutes. Lists Aaron D. Ford, Attorney General, as counsel for the state.

    official office record

    For: Did Aaron Ford crack down on fentanyl traffickers and ghost guns?