The Supreme Court on Tuesday considered whether the Biden administration's restrictions on homemade firearms are consistent with the Gun Control Act (GCA) of 1968. As with the Trump administration's ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The U.S. Supreme Court is looking into whether or not the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms was acting within the law when it changed the definition of a firearm in 2022 to curb ...

When is a paperweight a firearm? When the U.S. Supreme Court overrules sensible lower court decisions so the federal government can regulate inert objects as if they were capable of firing bullets.

This story was published in partnership with The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence. Subscribe to its newsletters. Toward the end of 2024, federal law enforcement officials were ...

The Plaintiffs argued that the ATF’s rule was inconsistent with the GCA’s definition of “firearm.” The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas granted the Plaintiffs’ motion ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday preserved a key Biden-era regulation that treats “readily convertible” gun kits, which are commonly referred to as “ghost guns,” as firearms under federal law. Justice ...