Legality of ‘Ghost Guns’ Ban To Be Weighed by Supreme Court at Start of Fall Term

The Nine are stepping in at Biden Administration’s request after a federal judge sided with industry claims that ATF ruling violates federal gun laws.

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A 9mm pistol build kit with a commercial slide and barrel with a polymer frame is displayed during an event in the Rose Garden of the White House at Washington, April 11, 2022. AP/Carolyn Kaster

The Supreme Court will begin its next term hearing arguments in a case that challenges an effort by the Biden Administration to regulate so-called “ghost guns.”

The Nine are slated on October 8 to hear the case of Garland v. VanDerStok, in which they will review a rule issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. That would regulate the homemade guns, made from an assembly of separate parts without serial numbers. 

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