Biden-era ‘ghost guns’ restrictions ruled unconstitutional

A federal judge in Texas ruled on Monday that a Biden administration-era rule regulating untraceable “ghost guns” is unconstitutional.

U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor held that the 2022 measure, which required that self-assembled guns be treated as any other firearm, conflicts with the nation’s “historical tradition” of personal gunsmithing and self-manufacture of firearms.

“The Court cannot conclude that the Final Rule’s imposition of ambiguous and far-reaching regulations, which would restrict access to component parts thereby inhibiting home gunsmithing, comports with the Second Amendment,” O’Connor, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, wrote.

He also determined the rule was unconstitutionally vague in violation of the Due Process Clause.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) adopted the rule to clarify the definition of “frame or receiver” in the Gun Control Act of 1968. It also required that commercial parts kits, which can be used........

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