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Supreme Court docket upholds Biden rule regulating ghost weapons

Editorial Board Published March 26, 2025
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The Supreme Court docket on Wednesday upheld a Biden administration regulation on the practically impossible-to-trace weapons known as ghost weapons, clearing the way in which for continued serial numbers, background checks and age verification necessities to purchase them in kits on-line.

Seven justices joined the opinion, authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch, upholding the rule. Two justices, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, dissented.

Ghost weapons have been discovered at crime scenes in hovering numbers throughout the U.S. earlier than the regulation went into place, rising from fewer than 1,700 recovered by legislation enforcement in 2017 to greater than 27,000 in 2023, based on Justice Division knowledge.

For the reason that federal rule was finalized, ghost gun numbers have flattened out or declined in a number of main cities, together with New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Baltimore, based on court docket paperwork. Manufacturing of miscellaneous gun components additionally dropped 36% total, the Justice Division has stated. 


A ghost gun that police seized from an organized shoplifting crime ring.

Ghost weapons are any privately made firearms with out the serial numbers that permit police to hint weapons utilized in crime. The 2022 regulation was centered on kits bought on-line with all the things wanted to construct a functioning firearm — generally in lower than half-hour, based on court docket paperwork.

Ghost weapons have been utilized in high-profile crimes, together with a mass capturing carried out with an AR-15-style ghost gun in Philadelphia that left 5 individuals lifeless. Police consider a ghost gun used within the slaying of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO in Manhattan was made on a 3D printer quite than assembled from a equipment.

Finalized on the course of then-President Joe Biden, the rule requires firms to deal with the kits like different firearms by including serial numbers, working background checks and verifying that consumers are age 21 or older.

Gun teams challenged the rule in court docket within the case generally known as Garland v. VanDerStok. They argued that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives overstepped its authority and that the majority crimes are dedicated with conventional firearms.

The justices had allowed the rule to remain in place whereas the lawsuit performed out.

The court docket beforehand struck down a firearm regulation from President Donald Trump’s first administration, a ban on gun equipment generally known as bump shares that allow speedy hearth.

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