{"id":2661499,"date":"2026-09-15T08:59:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T12:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-appointed-judge-slaps-down-delawares-ghost-gun-ban-as-unconstitutional\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T09:00:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T13:00:02","slug":"trump-appointed-judge-slaps-down-delawares-ghost-gun-ban-as-unconstitutional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-appointed-judge-slaps-down-delawares-ghost-gun-ban-as-unconstitutional\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump-Appointed Judge Slaps Down Delaware&#8217;s &#8216;Ghost Gun&#8217; Ban as Unconstitutional"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-appointed-judge-slaps-down-delawares-ghost-gun-ban-as-unconstitutional%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2661499&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A federal judge in Delaware ruled that the stateS ban on &#8220;ghost guns&#8221; &#8211; partially completed firearms or frames without serial numbers &#8211; is unconstitutional, citing Second Amendment rights. The judge, Maryellen Noreika, stated that untraceable firearms and unmarked frames or receivers fall under the protection of the Second Amendment. This decision challenges laws aimed at restricting such firearms, which have faced legal setbacks despite initial federal rulings upholding regulations. Other court decisions, including one in Texas and a Ninth Circuit dismissal, have opposed restrictions on ghost guns, highlighting ongoing legal debates over firearm regulation and Second Amendment protections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A federal judge ruled Delaware\u2019s ban on so-called \u201cghost guns\u201d was unconstitutional Thursday, the latest victory for Second Amendment advocates in court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Several states passed laws that targeted partially completed firearms or receivers after anti-Second Amendment organizations labeled them \u201cghost guns,\u201d while the Biden administration sought to classify them as firearms. In a <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/assets.nationbuilder.com\/firearmspolicycoalition\/pages\/14498\/attachments\/original\/1789054323\/2026.09.10_081_OPINION.pdf?1789054323\">ruling<\/a> issued Thursday, United States District Judge Maryellen Noreika of the District of Delaware, a Trump appointee, said Delaware\u2019s ban violated the Second Amendment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cThe Possession Ban targets (1) untraceable firearms and (2) firearm frames or receivers that do not have the manufacturer\u2019s name and an individualized serial number on them or on a major component of the firearm into which the frame or receiver will be housed,\u201d Norieka wrote. \u201cAn untraceable firearm is an Arm under the Second Amendment.\u00a0 It is, after all, a firearm, and even under the narrowest reading of \u2018Arms,\u2019 \u2018all firearms constitute [] \u2018arms,\u2019\u2019 whether serialized or not. Moreover, the evidence here shows that untraceable firearms are customarily used for offensive or defensive purposes such as self-defense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cFirearm frames and receivers are likewise \u2018Arms\u2019 under the Second Amendment,\u201d Noreika continued. \u201cTo start, under federal law, the term \u2018\u2018firearm\u2019 includes [] \u2018the frame or receiver\u2019\u2019 of any gun. That indicates that unfinished frames and receivers are not functionally different from firearms and enjoy the same Second Amendment protections. Moreover, a frame or receiver is \u2018necessary for [] a gun to function as intended,\u2019 so in this Circuit, a frame or receiver constitutes an \u2018Arm\u2019 under the Second Amendment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The Biden administration\u2019s regulations were initially upheld by the Supreme Court in a 7-2 <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/24pdf\/23-852_c07d.pdf\">decision<\/a> in 2025 because they were similar to certain restrictions on the First Amendment, with Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh joining the three liberal justices to keep the regulations in place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">However, efforts targeting the so-called \u201cghost guns\u201d have had legal setbacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Chief United States District Judge Reed O\u2019Connor of the Northern District of Texas, a George W. 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