Supreme Court Blocks Texas District Judge’s Order Allowing “Ghost Gun” Manufacturing, Again

Nov. 7, 2023—On Monday, October 16th, the Supreme Court barred Texas-based manufacturers Blackhawk Manufacturing and Defense Distributed from selling products meant to be quickly converted into homemade firearms known as “ghost guns.” The order overruled U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor’s preliminary injunction exempting the manufacturers from a federal rule requiring ghost gun distributors to obtain licenses, perform background checks for transactions, mark their products with serial numbers, and maintain transaction records. Read more about the decision's impact in this new post by Logan Smedley ('25).

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