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Frankie ✅<p>3D Printing Patterns Might Make Ghost Guns More Traceable Than We Thought </p><p><a href="https://www.404media.co/3d-printing-patterns-might-make-ghost-guns-more-traceable-than-we-thought" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/3d-printing-patter</span><span class="invisible">ns-might-make-ghost-guns-more-traceable-than-we-thought</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/3dprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3dprinting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ghostguns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ghostguns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lawenforcement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawenforcement</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Firearms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firearms</span></a> &amp; Explosives [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ATF</span></a>] would take a big hit under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a>, losing $468M. Declaring the agency had “criminalized law-abiding gun ownership through regulatory fiat,” the White House said it would end “excessive restrictions on homemade firearms,” presumably a reference to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GhostGuns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GhostGuns</span></a> [restrictions to which <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> upheld].</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunControl</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> Upholds <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> Administration’s Limits on ‘<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GhostGuns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GhostGuns</span></a>’</p><p>The administration had tightened regulations on kits that can be easily assembled into nearly untraceable <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/firearms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firearms</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunControl</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/us/politics/supreme-court-ghost-guns.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=1D090313-80C8-4470-ABA4-4881D8C4B1A2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/26/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/supreme-court-ghost-guns.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=1D090313-80C8-4470-ABA4-4881D8C4B1A2</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>Supreme Court upholds federal regulations on ghost gun kits<br><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-upholds-federal-regulations-ghost-gun-kits/story?id=119207659" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abcnews.go.com/Politics/suprem</span><span class="invisible">e-court-upholds-federal-regulations-ghost-gun-kits/story?id=119207659</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GhostGuns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GhostGuns</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PoorRepublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoorRepublicans</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Good news: “Supreme Court allows Biden-era regulations for hard-to-trace ghost guns.”</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/GhostGuns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GhostGuns</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSafety</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/26/ghost-guns-supreme-court-ruling/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/03/26/ghost-guns-supreme-court-ruling/</span></a></p>
The Conversation U.S.<p>3D-printed <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guns</span></a>, like the one allegedly used to kill <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UnitedHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedHealthcare</span></a> CEO Brian Thompson, are a growing threat in the US and around the world. A tech management professor on why they’re likely to be used in even more criminal activities: <a href="https://theconversation.com/3d-printed-guns-like-the-one-allegedly-used-to-kill-a-health-care-ceo-are-a-growing-threat-in-the-us-and-around-the-world-246220" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/3d-printed</span><span class="invisible">-guns-like-the-one-allegedly-used-to-kill-a-health-care-ceo-are-a-growing-threat-in-the-us-and-around-the-world-246220</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ghostguns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ghostguns</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/3Dprinters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3Dprinters</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GhostGuns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GhostGuns</span></a>, which have been used in a growing number of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crimes</span></a> over the past decade, are typically assembled at home using parts, kits or pieces printed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/3Dprinters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3Dprinters</span></a>. Manufacturers say they don’t have to comply w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a> on other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guns</span></a> sold commercially because ghost guns don’t meet the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> definition of a “firearm” under the nation’s main <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunControl</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> &amp; are marketed for hobbyists.<br>
<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChiefJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChiefJustice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a> expressed incredulity at that, given how easy they are to assemble.</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> seems poised to uphold a major <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunRegulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunRegulation</span></a> imposed by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> admin that requires <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BackgroundChecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackgroundChecks</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SerialNumbers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SerialNumbers</span></a> &amp; sales <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/records" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>records</span></a> for the nearly untraceable <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/firearms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firearms</span></a> known as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GhostGuns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GhostGuns</span></a>.<br>
A majority of the justices seemed skeptical during oral argument on Tues of the position taken by gun owners, parts makers &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/2A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2A</span></a> groups: that the govt exceeded its authority in 2022 when it imposed new rules for the weapons.
<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunControl</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guns</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/08/supreme-court-ghost-guns-biden-rules/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">24/10/08/supreme-court-ghost-guns-biden-rules/</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>Nina Totenberg: "Guns are back at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> today in a case that tests an ATF regulation requiring serial numbers and background checks for build-it-yourself <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ghostguns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ghostguns</span></a>.” Remember <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> when you vote. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
Janet Logan (she/her) 🏳️‍⚧️USPol, SCOTUS, Trans rights, Ghost guns
Nonilex<p>Under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>, OIRA took a more aggressive stance in helping review &amp; shape new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a>, which included efforts to combat <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a>, ban the sale of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GhostGuns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GhostGuns</span></a> &amp; set new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/renewable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>renewable</span></a> fuel targets.<br>Burton, in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> video, urges future <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliticalAppointees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalAppointees</span></a> to work in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OIRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OIRA</span></a> &amp; argues that the office should “increase its staffing levels considerably”…[to]…rein in the so-called administrative state—the fed agencies that craft &amp; issue new regulations.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/radicalization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radicalization</span></a></p>
Alan Lewis<p>ASKING SUPREME COURT FOR HELP WITH GUN VIOLENCE<br>Mastodon Pose</p><p>Google excerpted the following from a Newsweek article published late this morning:</p><p>"Ghost guns are just as dangerous as regular firearms, and they put all of us in danger," [Letitia] James wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday. "My office and 23 AGs are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a rule that regulates ghost guns the same way as other guns to help protect our communities from gun violence."</p><p>:</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democrats</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ghostguns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ghostguns</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/guncontrol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guncontrol</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/gunlaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gunlaws</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guns</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/gunviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gunviolence</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/letitiajames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>letitiajames</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/shootingdeaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shootingdeaths</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/shootings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shootings</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/supremecourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>supremecourt</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/unitedstatessupremecourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unitedstatessupremecourt</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ussupremecourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ussupremecourt</span></a> </p><p>:::</p>
Steve's Place<p>It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood,<br>A beautiful day for a neighbor,<br>Would you be mine?<br>Could you be mine?</p><p>It's a neighborly day in this beautywood,<br>A neighborly day for a beauty,<br>Would you be mine?<br>Could you be mine?</p><p>I have always wanted to have a neighbor just like you,<br>I've always wanted to live in a neighborhood with you...</p><p>source: <a href="https://lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/mrrogersneighborhoodlyrics.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/mr</span><span class="invisible">rogersneighborhoodlyrics.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.koin.com/news/crime/gresham-man-arrested-for-allegedly-firing-ghost-gun-rifle-from-window/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">koin.com/news/crime/gresham-ma</span><span class="invisible">n-arrested-for-allegedly-firing-ghost-gun-rifle-from-window/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/Gresham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gresham</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/Oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oregon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/PDX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PDX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/Portland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Portland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/GhostGuns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GhostGuns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guns</span></a></p>
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“The district court and the Fifth Circuit have effectively countermanded this Court’s authoritative determination about the status quo that should prevail” while legal challenges cont, Solicitor General Elizabeth B. #Prelogar said in a filing. She added: “The Court should not tolerate that affront to basic principles” of #JudicialReview.

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(& HIV prevention drugs saying it made "them complicit in facilitating homosexual behavior, drug use, & sexual activity outside of marriage between one man & one woman."

(Basically #ReedOConnor’s a total POS.)

His #GhostGuns ruling was largely upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit (widely considered the most conservative appeals court).

The #Biden admin told #SCOTUS the lower courts had “flouted” its August order, & again asked the justices to intervene.

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There were no noted dissents in the unsigned order, which was necessary because of contrary rulings from lower courts.

In August, #SCOTUS on a 5-4 vote allowed the #Biden admin’s regs to stay in effect. But after the order was issued, US District Judge Reed O’Connor of #Texas again stepped in to block the regulations as applied to 2 manufacturers who supply a large number of the #GhostGun kits sold nationwide.

#SCOTUS on Mon once again reinstated the #Biden admin’s #regulations on “#GhostGuns,” #firearms assembled from kits w/o serial numbers or #BackgroundChecks on purchasers.

The admin’s regs, which apply to self-made weapons the same kind of licensing & records required of #guns sold commercially, will remain in place while #legal battles continue.

washingtonpost.com/politics/20

The Washington Post · Supreme Court again leaves Biden administration’s ghost gun rules in placeBy Robert Barnes

#SCOTUS on Tues temporarily revived the #Biden admin’s #regulation of “#GhostGuns” —kits that can be bought online & assembled into #untraceable homemade #firearms.

The court’s brief order gave no reasons, which is typical when the justices act on emergency applications. The order was #provisional, leaving the regulation in place while a challenge moves forward in the #courts.

#GunControl #Law #Legal #DOJ #Justice
nytimes.com/2023/08/08/us/supr

The New York TimesBy 5-4 Vote, Supreme Court Revives Biden’s Regulation of ‘Ghost Guns’By Adam Liptak