Colorado Gun Group Challenges 'Ghost Gun' Ban

Rocky Mountain Gun Owners file federal lawsuit, arguing the ban infringes on Second Amendment rights.

Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, a Colorado gun group, has filed a federal lawsuit against the state, challenging the constitutionality of a recently enacted ban on 'ghost guns'.
The ban, which took effect on January 1, 2024, prohibits the possession, transport, purchase, and ownership of gun frames and receivers that do not have serial numbers.
The lawsuit argues that the ban infringes on Second Amendment rights, with the group's executive director, Taylor D. Rhodes, stating that the law is a 'direct defiance to our Second Amendment freedoms'.
The ban comes in response to a dramatic rise in the use of ghost guns in crimes, with their reported use increasing by 1,000% between 2017 and 2021, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
The lawsuit is one of several Second Amendment lawsuits aimed at a series of gun control regulations passed by Colorado's majority Democratic legislature and signed by Democratic Gov. Jared Polis last year.