Supreme Court upholds Biden rule requiring serial numbers and background checks for ghost guns

WASHINGTON (AP) — Gun safety groups are celebrating the Supreme Court decision upholding a Biden administration firearm regulation on nearly impossible-to-trace ghost guns. The rule requires continued serial numbers, background checks and age verification to buy kits to build the ghost guns, privately made firearms without the serial numbers that allow police to trace weapons. The high court handed down its 7-2 opinion Wednesday. A Michigan woman whose son was accidently shot by a friend says she’s “deeply relieved” by the decision. Since the rule was finalized in 2022, ghost gun numbers have flattened out or declined in major cities including New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Baltimore. Gun groups challenging the rule had argued the federal government overstepped its authority.