Ghost Guns at High Court Asks if They’re Firearms Under the Law

The Supreme Court will consider the lawfulness of a rule regulating “ghost gun” kits just months after it wiped out a federal ban on bump stock devices that make semi-automatic rifles fire like machine guns.

Tuesday’s case is starkly similar to the dispute last term with the government arguing again that it correctly interpreted a gun law, but that doesn’t mean it will meet the same fate. The stakes are higher, attorneys and legal scholars say, and that could alter the outcome.

The Biden administration has a powerful point, Supreme Court lawyer Deepak Gupta said at a term preview Georgetown ...