A U.S. District Court judge in Delaware struck down part of the state’s ban on privately made firearms (PMFs), which Delaware calls “ghost guns.”
Judge Maryellen Noreika entered final judgment in Rigby v. Jennings. Delaware’s bans on possessing and self-manufacturing or assembling untraceable firearms (and unserialized unfinished frames and receivers) are permanently enjoined as Second Amendment violations. The commercial distribution rules and the CAD/3D-print file ban survive.
On Oct. 27, 2021, John Rigby, Alan Knight, and the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) sued Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings, challenging the constitutionality of H.B. 125 (2021)—the “ghost gun,” unfinished-frame, and 3D-print regime under 11 Del. C. §§ 1459A and 1463. On Sept. 23, 2022, the judge granted a preliminary injunction against the law’s regulation of possession and manufacture/assembly of PMFs. The provisions banning distribution and digital instructions remained in place. In March 2024, both sides moved for summary judgment.
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