California-Versus-Federal Fight Over Ghost Guns Rests With Judge

The US government has asked a federal judge to dispatch a lawsuit by the state of California contending that failures by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Department of Justice, have led to a proliferation of untraceable “ghost guns.”

Justice Department lawyers on Wednesday told Judge Edward Chen of the US District Court for the Northern District of California that he should grant their motion for summary judgment on the state claims that the feds chose the faulty interpretation of what constitutes a firearm, allowing the weapons to flood the streets.

Many of the arguments rest ...