NRA Asks Supreme Court to Strike Down Regulation on ‘Ghost Guns’

The regulation must fail because this new kind of restriction on homemade arms lacks historical precedent, the gun rights group says.

A "ghost gun" is displayed before the start of an event about violence involving firearms in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on April 11, 2022. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

The National Rifle Association (NRA) told the Supreme Court on Aug. 20 that the federal regulation governing so-called ghost guns is unconstitutional and should be struck down.

“Ghost gun” is a term some use to describe a privately made or assembled firearm that law enforcement cannot track because it lacks a serial number.