US Supreme Court on Behalf of the American Medical Association and Other Healthcare Providers in Support of Federal Regulations on Ghost Guns

Lexology July 9, 2024
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

On July 2, Kramer Levin filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the American Medical Association, Texas Medical Association, American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American College of Preventive Medicine, and American Geriatrics Society. The brief, filed in Garland v. VanDerStok, supports the reversal of a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that portions of the rule of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) that address unregistered firearms commonly referred to as “ghost guns,” codified at 27 C.F.R. §§ 478.11 and 478.12(c), should be struck down.

The rule is intended to effectuate the legislative purpose of the Gun...

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