Supreme Court Reinstates Federal Regulations on Ghost Guns in Narrow Decision

The Supreme Court has frozen a lower court's ruling that prevented the US government from regulating "ghost gun" kits as firearms for improved federal tracking. The 5-4 decision, with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett joining their liberal colleagues, comes after the Biden administration's update to a regulation from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was challenged. The update aimed to close loopholes that allowed the sale of unregulated ghost gun kits. The stay will remain in effect until the legal process in the appellate courts concludes.