The Supreme Court will convene today to hear a challenge to the Biden administration’s 2022 regulation aimed at controlling ghost guns, untraceable firearms that are becoming increasingly common in major American cities.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and fellow conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined liberal Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson in approving the government’s plea.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. agreed to temporarily pause a lower court’s order barring the government from regulating ghost guns, delivering a momentary victory to the ATF, CBS News reports.
Ghost guns are partly to blame for the increase in crime.
Sen. Chuck Schumer is urging the ATF to crack down on “ghost guns” amid an alarming increase in seizures of the do-it-yourself firearms.
