"Majority of Supreme Court Appears Receptive to Biden Administration Limits on
‘Ghost Guns’"

At issue was how the Biden administration had interpreted a federal statute to
regulate kits that could be assembled into homemade guns, skirting background
checks.

By Abbie VanSickle

Reporting from Washington
Oct. 8, 2024 | Updated 3:38 p.m. ET

A majority of the Supreme Court appeared sympathetic on Tuesday to the Biden
administration’s restrictions on kits to make homemade guns that skirted
background checks.

At least five justices seemed to favor the measures, with at least two
conservatives, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Amy Coney Barrett,
showing skepticism toward the plaintiffs, gun manufacturers and owners who
argued that the administration had overstepped its bounds in regulating
so-called ghost guns.

The rule, part of a broader effort by President Biden to address gun violence,
sought to curtail the soaring popularity of the guns, weapons made from kits
available for purchase online and heralded as easy enough to assemble in less
than an hour.

Under the regulation, enacted in 2022 by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives, gun makers and sellers must be licensed to sell the
kits, the products must be marked with serial numbers so they can be traced and
would-be buyers must pass a background check.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/us/ghost-guns-supreme-court.html

scooter, of course, stupidly believes the second amendment — which does *not*
define the right to arms — means he can have just whatever guns he wants, and
that *all* gun control laws — no exceptions — are unconstitutional. He's wrong,
and the courts have repeatedly said he's wrong.