Nevada 'ghost gun' ban upheld by federal court

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit brought by gun rights activists to block a new state law banning untraceable firearms, rejecting plaintiffs' arguments that the ban violated Second Amendment rights and the Fifth Amendment's ban on government property seizure.
61% : The plaintiffs also argued the law, which essentially forces owners of such weapons to sell or otherwise get rid of them, constituted unreasonable government seizure of private property without compensation, banned under the Fifth Amendment.
45% : According to ATF data, roughly 10,000 ghost guns were recovered from crime scenes and seizures by law enforcement in 2019, including 2,700 in California alone.
39% : The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives searched Dayton-based Polymer80, a gun kit maker, in December on suspicion of evading gun laws by making and selling the kits.

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