Supreme Court Upholds ATF’s Ghost Gun Regulation in Win for Local Governments and Public Safety
Yesterday, in a win for local governments in Bondi v. VanDerStok, the Supreme Court held that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)’s regulation of so-called “ghost guns” did not violate the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) as the firearm part kits could be considered firearms under the statutory definitions of the GCA. This case has significant implications for public safety as before the ATF’s rule, local governments around the country had seen an exponential increase in untraceable ghost...