CNN —The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to freeze a lower court order that bars the government from regulating so-called ghost guns – untraceable homemade weapons – as firearms under federal law.
Ghost guns are kits that a user can buy online to assemble a fully functional firearm.
The rule does not prohibit the sale or possession of any ghost gun kit, nor does it block an individual from purchasing such a kit.
A federal appeals court declined to put on hold two key challenged provisions of the regulation.
A handful of retailers of ghost gun kits as well as a gun rights’ group also challenged the rule.
Persons:
Biden, John Roberts, Amy Coney Barrett, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Judge Reed O’Connor, Elizabeth Prelogar, ” Prelogar, ” David Thompson, O’Connor, ” O’Connor
Organizations:
CNN, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, United States, Court, Northern, Northern District of, Supreme, ” “, ATF, Control
Locations:
Northern District, Northern District of Texas, Texas