"The government has a much stronger case here that the products the challengers are selling should be covered under a plain reading of the Gun Control Act," said David Pucino, deputy chief counsel and legal director at Giffords Law Center, which is urging the Supreme Court to uphold the rule...
The future of regulating so-called "ghost guns" is now in the hands of the Supreme Court. Guns rights groups want to halt government restrictions on the weapons, but in arguments Tuesday, justices appeared skeptical. CBS News New York's Di
" said Deepak Gupta, a Supreme Court litigator and Harvard Law professor. "There's a real risk that criminals will be able to order guns on the internet, and the entire gun control framework will not apply to them."
such as the frame of a handgun or the receiver of a long gun, so they can be tracked more easily. Those parts must be licensed and include serial numbers. Manufacturers also must run background checks before a sale, as they do with other commercially...
The White House commended the Supreme Court's decision to temporarily pause the lower court orders blocking its efforts aimed at curbing gun violence. "While this case is being litigated, the Supreme Court's action will keep in place important efforts to combat the surge of unserialized, priva...
While guns are at the center of the case, Garland v. VanDerStok, the legal issues are about the power of federal agencies rather than Second Amendment rights. The case comes after the high courtstruck down The ghost gun regulation came after their numbers around the countrysoared, goi...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared skeptical of a challenge to the Biden administration's efforts to regulate unserialized firearms called ghost guns, as they weighed whether the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Tobacco went too far when it took unilateral action to curb gun violence....
The Supreme Court has been asked to intervene in the legal dispute before, but in an earlier stage in the litigation. In August 2023, the high courtagreed to allowthe Biden administration to enforce the ghost gun rule until it issues a decision on its legality, likely by the end of...
Parts of a ghost gun kit are on display at an event held by President Joe Biden to announce measures to fight ghost gun crime, at the White House in Washington, D.C., April 11, 2022.Kevin Lamarque/Reuters, FILE The case will not be heard before the court until the fall. ...
In the ghost gun case, the Supreme Court sided with the Biden administration last year, allowing the regulation to go into effect by a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined with the court’s three liberal members to form ...