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02/07/2024
Biden Administration Asks SCOTUS to Hear 'Ghost Gun' Appeal
The DOJ wants to be able to regulate privately made firearms
On Wednesday, the Biden administration asked the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to overturn a lower-court ruling that would prevent it from regulating privately made firearms called "ghost guns" that are difficult for law enforcement to trace.
The U.S. Department of Justice in its petition, argued the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in November wrongly declared that a rule adopted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in 2022 to combat the rapid proliferation of ghost guns was "unlawful."
The rule updated the definition of a "firearm," "frame" and "receiver" under the Gun Control Act of 1968 to address the rise of ghost guns with no serial numbers that can be assembled from kits that can be bought online or at a store without a background check and lack serial numbers.
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