Posted on 04/22/2024 8:17:47 AM PDT by Red Badger
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation of difficult-to-trace ghost guns that had been struck down by lower courts.
The justices by a 5-4 vote had previously intervened to keep the regulation in effect during the legal fight. Ghost guns, which lack serial numbers, have been turning up at crime scenes with increasing regularity.
The regulation, which took effect in 2022, changed the definition of a firearm under federal law to include unfinished parts, like 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 must also run background checks before a sale, as they do with other commercially made firearms.
The requirement applies regardless of how the firearm was made, meaning it includes ghost guns made from individual parts or kits or by 3D printers. The rule does not prohibit people from buying a kit or any type of firearm.
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Exactly correct. It is a clear infringement, not allowed by the Second Amendment.
thanks for the ping and keeping the pings going.
With that said...
I used to have a ghost gun. It was possessed!
...by me.
Then human powered recreational watercraft activities changed all that.
/s
Hmm, I’ve got a Savage 12 ga pump - not a serial number anywhere on it. My only firearm w/o one.
Pre 1963?...................
Still shoots fine. I'm sure the dirt bike is 6 feet under by now.
BATF change of definition?
NEVER Trust Them.
This was posted on the Federal Register last Friday. Friday evening dump.
Definition of “Engaged in the Business” as a Dealer in Firearms (BATF, Apr 19, 2024)
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/19/2024-07838/definition-of-engaged-in-the-business-as-a-dealer-in-firearms
pdf
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-19/pdf/2024-07838.pdf
Never Trust the FIB, They cannot help their self, they simply MUST LIE.
It is NOT illegal to manufacture a gun or rifle from scratch. You simply cannot (for now) sell them or give them away.
After Heller, and then Bruen... I have hope for this.
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