Justices reverse federal judge’s order that allowed manufacturers to sell unregulated kits that convert into firearms

Justices reverse federal judge’s order that allowed manufacturers to sell unregulated kits that convert into firearms

The US supreme court on Monday barred two Texas-based manufacturers from selling products that can be quickly converted at home into firearms called “ghost guns”, granting a request by Joe Biden’s administration to once again block a federal judge’s order that had sided with companies.

The justices lifted Fort Worth-based judge Reed O’Connor’s 14 September injunction barring enforcement of a 2022 federal regulation – a rule aimed at reining in the privately made firearms – against the two manufacturers, Blackhawk Manufacturing and Defense Distributed.

  • trash80@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    As a layperson, I cannot honestly tell where the court sees boundaries on second amendment stuff.

    Part of the problem is that there isn't a lot of case law and precedent, and the BATFE has a lot of latitude with interpreting the laws and creating guidelines with respect to how the law should be enforced.

    Why would the gov have the authority to restrict these guns, but not others?

    These are not firearms in the legal sense.