Well, if you were hoping the Supreme Court would stand up for your Second Amendment rights today, brace yourself — because they just handed a big fat W to the Biden administration and its bureaucratic goon squad over at the ATF. In a 7-2 decision that hits like a sucker punch to gun owners, patriots, and freedom-loving hobbyists everywhere, the Court upheld the ATF’s overreaching ghost gun rule, essentially declaring that a chunk of metal in your garage might as well be a loaded AR-15.
This all goes back to a 2022 Biden-era regulation where the ATF decided that gun parts kits — the same kind Americans have been legally using to build firearms for decades — are now firearms themselves. You read that right. A frame that isn’t finished, a receiver that isn’t functional — suddenly that’s a weapon. Not because Congress said so, but because unelected bureaucrats decided to play dress-up as lawmakers.
And what did the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals say last year? Three judges, all appointed by President Trump, ruled that the ATF had completely overstepped. Judge Kurt Engelhardt nailed it when he said, “An agency cannot label conduct lawful one day and felonious the next.” That’s not law — that’s tyranny with a bureaucratic nameplate.
Judge Andrew Oldham took it even further. He compared the ATF’s rule to the Sword of Damocles — a vague, menacing threat hanging over every law-abiding gun owner’s head. That’s exactly what this is. Vague regulations. Indeterminate standards. The kind of garbage that lets the government prosecute whoever they want, whenever they want.
But today, the Supreme Court — led by Justice Neil Gorsuch, of all people — sided with the liberals. They claimed the ATF’s rule wasn’t “facially inconsistent” with the Gun Control Act of 1968. Really? The law says “firearm,” not “box of parts,” not “pile of aluminum,” and definitely not “instructions and tools.”
Thankfully, Justices Thomas and Alito weren’t having it. Thomas lit up the majority, blasting them for giving even more power to unelected federal agencies. Alito, meanwhile, warned that the ATF isn’t just going after parts — they’re regulating jigs, tools, even instructions. What’s next? Jail time for watching a YouTube video on gunsmithing?
This decision doesn’t just gut the DIY gun-building tradition — it sets a terrifying precedent. If the government can wave a magic wand and call unfinished metal a “firearm,” what’s stopping them from labeling 3D printer files or a hunk of steel as a “weapon in progress”? This isn’t about crime prevention. It’s about control.
And once again, the Biden regime scores another win against liberty — with the help of a court that was supposed to protect it.
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