Justices reverse federal judge’s order that allowed manufacturers to sell unregulated kits that convert into firearms

The US Supreme Court on Monday barred two Texas-based manufacturers from selling products that can be quickly converted at home into firearms called “ghost guns”, granting a request by Joe Biden’s administration to once again block a federal judge’s order that had sided with companies.

The justices lifted Fort Worth-based judge Reed O’Connor’s 14 September injunction barring enforcement of a 2022 federal regulation – a rule aimed at reining in the privately made firearms – against the two manufacturers, Blackhawk Manufacturing and Defense Distributed.

  • ClopClopMcFuckwad@lemmy.world
    3·
    1 year ago

    but they would need a court warrant and you’d have to pity the judge whose desk that landed on.

    I’m not familiar with UK Customs laws, but I highly doubt a Customs officer needs any type of probable cause, let alone a warrant, to look through international mail or cargo.

    • SuperJetShoes@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      Hmmm yeah you might be right. As soon as a package is in the hands of Royal Mail then it may not be opened. At Customs, it’s still outside RM’s domain. The Customs guy effectively posts it into the domestic system.