A lower court Fifth Circuit Court ruling determined that no weapons parts kit can ever satisfy the requirements.

However, the Supreme Court disagreed:

To appreciate why, it helps to work with an example.

Take a weapon parts kit featured prominently in the record before us: Polymer80s Buy Build Shoot kit.

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Howard Schnapp/Newsday/GettyGhost guns made from kits or at-home 3D printers have been difficult for law enforcement to track.

It comes with all of the necessary components to build a Glock-variant semiautomatic pistol.

Unless President Trump decides toeliminate the ATF by executive decree.

Anyone can still theoretically make weapons from free blueprints themselves.

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The ruling pertains to selling and distribution.

you could read the Supreme Courts opinionhere.

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