5TH CIRCUIT HOLDING ON "GHOST GUN" REGULATIONS: Gun Kits Are Not Subject to Federal Firearm Restrictions.

The article focuses on a recent Fifth Circuit Court ruling that struck down portions of an Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) regulation expanding the definition of "firearm" to include gun kits and partially completed parts. Topics include the limits of agency authority under the Gun Control Act, the statutory interpretation of "frame or receiver," and the legal inadequacy of ATF's "readily convertible" standard.