Divided Supreme Court allows 'ghost gun' rule to take effect

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Supporters of stricter gun laws praised the ATF rule when it was rolled out last year.
40% : ATF received more than 45,000 reports from 2016 to 2021 of suspected "ghost guns" recovered by law enforcement officials, including almost 700 in homicide or attempted homicide investigations, according to a DOJ statement.
39% : "This final rule would shutter many of the ghost gun companies that flooded the market with untraceable ghost guns intentionally designed to evade regulation," said an Everytown for Gun Safety fact sheet.
30% : Two conservative justices -- Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett -- joined with the court's three liberals to allow the government to begin enforcing the regulations that were celebrated by groups pushing for tighter gun laws.

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