On March 26, the Supreme Court decided Bondi v. VanDerStok, holding that ATF’s 2022 regulatory expansion of the definitions of “firearm” and “frame or receiver” is not facially void. The Court read the proceeding as a facial challenge only and offered no opinion on whether the regulation would be valid as applied to specific items. As long as the definitions may be validly applied to at least something, Justice Gorsuch wrote for the majority of seven justices, they are facially valid. Justices Thomas and Alito dissented.

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