The facts
On August 18, 2026, U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor in Texas ruled the Biden-era ATF rule regulating ghost gun kits unconstitutional.
In June 2025, the Supreme Court upheld the same ATF rule 7-2 in Bondi v. VanDerStok, ruling that kits capable of being 'readily converted' into firearms qualify as guns under the 1968 Gun Control Act.
The ATF reported law enforcement recovered roughly 19,000 suspected ghost guns at crime scenes in 2021, up from about 1,600 in 2017.
The 2022 ATF rule requires ghost gun kit makers to add serial numbers, run background checks, and keep sales records like traditional gun dealers.
Ghost gun kits can be bought online for as little as $200 and assembled at home in under an hour with basic tools.
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