The Supreme Court of the United States, with a conservative majority, temporarily reactivated on Tuesday the restrictions imposed by the government of the President Joe Bidenhome-made firearms, known as “ghost guns” (ghost guns).

Five of the nine magistrates of the highest judicial instance of the country voted in favor of staying a lower court decision that had invalidated the limitations imposed by the Biden administration to this type of weaponry, waiting for the case to be resolved.

Why are they known as ghost weapons?

In April 2022, Biden announced a measure to regulate the homemade weapons, which are called “ghost” because they are difficult to trace without a serial number. To address this, the White House decided to change the definition of “weapon” under federal law to include those that are in parts and manufactured with 3D printers.

Under the new rule, the subject of dispute in the courts, the kits of the pieces that make up the “ghost weapons” must have serial numbers that allow their identification and those who buy them must submit to the same background checks that those who acquire traditional weapons.

Months after the announcement, a Texas federal judge It felt the federal government had exceeded its authority with that measure and blocked regulation at the national level, in response to a lawsuit filed by two individuals who wanted to create their own homemade guns. Consequently, the Executive chose to resort to the Supreme Court, alleging that “police departments throughout the nation have faced an explosion of crimes with ‘ghost weapons'”.