Supreme Court Upholds Regulation of ‘Ghost Guns’

The Supreme Court held Wednesday that federal firearms laws cover so-called ghost guns, weapons that are assembled from kits that law enforcement says are becoming the go-to choice for armed criminals. 

The gun industry had challenged a Biden-era regulation treating ghost guns like other firearms, with the same licensing, background checks and serial number requirements. A federal appeals court in New Orleans had set aside the regulation, reasoning that weapons parts aren’t weapons and thus weren’t covered by the Gun Control Act of 1968.