The US government can once again regulate „ghost gun“ kits after the Supreme Court froze a lower court’s ruling that found the feds could not define the kits as firearms for improved federal tracking.
The US government can once again regulate so-called “ghost gun” kits after the Supreme Court froze a lower court’s ruling that found the feds could not define the kits as firearms for improved federal tracking.
The Court issued a stay on the June order by Judge Reed O’Connor of the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
The 5-4 decision came with conservative Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett siding with their three liberal colleagues.
The stay comes after the US challenged O’Conner’s decision in the federal Court of Appeals, which declined the initial motion to freeze the lower court’s decision.
The Justice Department then sent its emergency filing for the Supreme Court to intervene, leading to Tuesday’s decision.
The O’Conner ruling found that the Biden administration overreached with its 2022 update to a regulation from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
