The Supreme Court has revived, at least for now, the Biden administration’s #regulation of “#ghost #guns,” drawing a spotlight to the kits that can be assembled into homemade firearms and the new front in the fight over gun control that they have opened up.

Administration officials say the popularity of the weapons has soared in recent years, particularly among criminals barred from buying ordinary guns.

The regulation, issued in 2022 by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, broadened the bureau’s interpretation of the definition of “firearm” in the Gun Control Act of 1968.

It did not ban the sale or possession of parts that can be assembled to make homemade guns, but it did require manufacturers and sellers to obtain #licenses, mark their products with #serial #numbers and conduct #background #checks

https://www.nytimes.com/article/what-are-ghost-guns.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#notonemore #bradyunitedagainstgunviolence #Newtown #GiffordsCourage

Trump v. The Rule of Law

The *real news* today was the #students of #Nashville, Tennessee, who left their classrooms and peacefully #protested #gun #violence in the wake of the shooting last week at Covenant School that left seven people, including the shooter, dead.

They carried placards that said, “We demand action” and “Jesus wept,” and many of them marched to the state capitol.

When they arrived, they demanded that their government protect them and prevent future school shootings. Estimates put the number of protesters at 7000.
#endgunvioelence
#GiffordsCourage
#everytownforgunsafety
#momsdemand
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/trump-v-the-rule-of-law

#GunSafety wasn’t buried in Newtown, Conn. The modern safety movement was born that day.
Sandy Hook unleashed a slow-motion tsunami of determination that culminated in the first significant act of Congress on gun safety in nearly three decades this June. Fifteen Republican senators broke with the N.R.A. — unthinkable in the old political landscape.
#BradyBuzz #GiffordsCourage
#sandyhook #Newtown #momsdemand #cgcguncontrol

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/13/opinion/sandy-hook-gun-safety.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare