Justices reverse federal judge’s order that allowed manufacturers to sell unregulated kits that convert into firearms

Justices reverse federal judge’s order that allowed manufacturers to sell unregulated kits that convert into firearms

The US supreme court on Monday barred two Texas-based manufacturers from selling products that can be quickly converted at home into firearms called “ghost guns”, granting a request by Joe Biden’s administration to once again block a federal judge’s order that had sided with companies.

The justices lifted Fort Worth-based judge Reed O’Connor’s 14 September injunction barring enforcement of a 2022 federal regulation – a rule aimed at reining in the privately made firearms – against the two manufacturers, Blackhawk Manufacturing and Defense Distributed.

  • 8565@lemmy.techtriage.guruEnglish
    1431·
    9 months ago

    Freedom and Liberty won’t just die. It will be death by a thousand cuts.

    That being said don’t think the government is doing this to protect you, if they make it hard for the populace to get weapons they don’t have to worry as much when they over step their bounds

    • Downcount@lemmy.world
      187·
      9 months ago

      Wherever you stand in the pro or contra of this topic: Allowing people to DIY guns at home is one of the worst ways to obtain guns.

      • holycrapwtfatheism@kbin.social
        151·
        9 months ago

        Counterpoint is you can already legally build your own gun legally as long as it abides state and federal laws. These kits offer a safer diy experience than just throwing a 3d printed Glock clone together and hoping it works. Plenty of people have also built AR15 variants from “80% lowers” which require some diy milling and assembly. Having safe and tested diy options is likely a good thing for overall safety.

      • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        144·
        9 months ago

        Is it really governments business whatever happens in your house as long as you’re not hurting someone else?

        • Shalakushka@kbin.social
          109·
          9 months ago

          Cmon government, I was just making Anthrax for science, I was never gonna hurt anyone with it!!

      • 8565@lemmy.techtriage.guru
        712·
        9 months ago

        Not really. A gun the government can’t track is a gun that the government can’t take during a revolution

    • Shalakushka@kbin.social
      1012·
      9 months ago

      Can you tell us more about your Rambo fantasy where you fight the big bad government with your very cool and very masculine guns?

      • BaroqueInMind@kbin.social
        123·
        9 months ago

        USA is the current global superpower that is literally unrivaled by any civilisation in history.

        Meanwhile some uneducated farmers and mountain herders with AKs from Vietnam and Afghanistan both pushed the shit back up USA’s ass. Don’t need Rambo or Gravy Seals to defeat a global superpower.

        • Shalakushka@kbin.social
          87·
          9 months ago

          Now do it without a literal ocean to transport supplies and troops over, without multiple surrounding hostile countries. Afghanistan was a failure of logistics and political will, not the victory of the AK over the military.

      • 8565@lemmy.techtriage.guru
        54·
        9 months ago

        Your snarkiness aside, Your stance seems to be “if it’s hard don’t fight”

        I’m sure the Revolution would have went well with that mentality