TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 17, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court has barred two Texas-based manufacturers from selling products that can be converted into so-called "ghost guns" unless they comply with new federal requirements, National Public Radio reports. Last year, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives issued regulations that required any disassembled gun parts to carry serial numbers and required anyone buying them to pass a background check. Manufacturers challenged the regulations in court, and federal Judge Reed O'Connor in Texas issued a nationwide injunction. The court’s action voids the lower court order and a decision upholding the order from the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, allowing the regulations to go into effect pending further litigation.