Justices reverse federal judge’s order that allowed manufacturers to sell unregulated kits that convert into firearms

Justices reverse federal judge’s order that allowed manufacturers to sell unregulated kits that convert into firearms

The US supreme court on Monday barred two Texas-based manufacturers from selling products that can be quickly converted at home into firearms called “ghost guns”, granting a request by Joe Biden’s administration to once again block a federal judge’s order that had sided with companies.

The justices lifted Fort Worth-based judge Reed O’Connor’s 14 September injunction barring enforcement of a 2022 federal regulation – a rule aimed at reining in the privately made firearms – against the two manufacturers, Blackhawk Manufacturing and Defense Distributed.

  • Pohl@lemmy.world
    101·
    1 year ago

    Do we have any law people actually familiar with this issue around? As a layperson, I cannot honestly tell where the court sees boundaries on second amendment stuff. Why would the gov have the authority to restrict these guns, but not others?

    The 2A language seems simple to me. Once you “interpret” your way around the “well regulated militia” language, seems hard to justify any laws that restrict the ownership of anything that can be seen as armaments. I know that must be wrong but I can’t figure out why.

    • FireTower@lemmy.world
      8·
      1 year ago

      TLDR: This case isn’t settled this change was just a matter of if a party should have been subject to an injunction before a ruling is issued. This isn’t major news, the SC isn’t commenting saying it’s cool or not cool to regulate X. This is them opining on a procedural mater.

    • gloog@kbin.social
      5·
      1 year ago

      Also a layperson, but while the courts may have ruled against certain details of background check requirements (like whether certain kinds of restraining orders can be used to disqualify someone from buying or possessing guns) they have not ruled against background checks being required for gun sales as a concept. The entire purpose of these kits, whether the manufacturer says so or not, is to bypass background check laws by selling something that technically doesn’t meet the definition of a firearm but can very easily be modified to become one.

        • gloog@kbin.social
          1·
          1 year ago

          Technically it’s only the fifth circuit that’s decided that DV restraining orders don’t prohibit gun ownership so far, and the case is part of the current term for SCOTUS. My guess would be that SCOTUS will overrule the 5th circuit while still leaving the “historical analog” test from last year that was the basis of that decision in place, but that’s just an assumption on my part.