Overview

• The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that ghost guns, sold as build-it-yourself kits, can be regulated like traditional firearms.
• The decision supports the Biden administration's 2022 regulation requiring serialization, background checks, and licensing for ghost gun kits.
• Justice Neil Gorsuch authored the majority opinion, affirming the ATF's authority under the Gun Control Act of 1968.
• Dissenting justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito argued the ruling imposes unforeseen burdens on manufacturers and oversteps judicial boundaries.
• The ruling leaves room for future legal challenges to the regulation's application to specific products.