Talk:US Supreme Court blocks stay on federal regulation on privately made firearms

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Revision 4740780 of this article has been reviewed by Heavy Water (talk · contribs) and has passed its review at 23:53, 10 August 2023 (UTC). Copyright: Passed Newsworthiness: Passed Verifiability: Passed NPOV: Passed Style: Passed Comments by reviewer: Reuters got the date of O'Connor's ruling wrong, saying it was July 5. CNN was correct it was in late June. The way the lead was phrased originally, it sounded rather like PMFs and ghost guns were two separate phenomena, and the rule only applied to those of each type constructed from kits. The rule's background check provision wasn't mentioned, which made the next sentence, explaining how neither serial numbers nor background checks were required previously, confusing. Only privately made "NFA weapons" have to be ATF-approved and -registered, even under this rule. See edit history for more. The reviewed revision should automatically have been edited by removing {{Review}} and adding {{Publish}} at the bottom, and the edit sighted; if this did not happen, it may be done manually by a reviewer.

Revision 4740780 of this article has been reviewed by Heavy Water (talk · contribs) and has passed its review at 23:53, 10 August 2023 (UTC). Copyright: Passed Newsworthiness: Passed Verifiability: Passed NPOV: Passed Style: Passed Comments by reviewer: Reuters got the date of O'Connor's ruling wrong, saying it was July 5. CNN was correct it was in late June. The way the lead was phrased originally, it sounded rather like PMFs and ghost guns were two separate phenomena, and the rule only applied to those of each type constructed from kits. The rule's background check provision wasn't mentioned, which made the next sentence, explaining how neither serial numbers nor background checks were required previously, confusing. Only privately made "NFA weapons" have to be ATF-approved and -registered, even under this rule. See edit history for more. The reviewed revision should automatically have been edited by removing {{Review}} and adding {{Publish}} at the bottom, and the edit sighted; if this did not happen, it may be done manually by a reviewer.

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Shouldn’t it read, “US Supreme Court blocks stay on federal regulation *of* privately made firearms”? SynapticHammer (talk) 03:35, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

Well, in my opinion the "of" reads more like "federal regulation of privately made firearms, in general" as opposed to "this federal regulation covering privately made firearms". Heavy Water (talk) 05:33, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

I understand your point. Where “regulation” is used as a mass noun, however, “of” is a proper fit (according to the usage guide, not subjective interpretation); and, in this headline, also avoids the sequential use of “on”. It’s small potatoes, I know. ✌🏼 SynapticHammer (talk) 14:39, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

But my point was it's not being used as a mass noun here... Heavy Water (talk) 15:44, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn’t understand that implication from your comment. Regardless, after rereading the headline with this perspective a couple times, I agree. SynapticHammer (talk) 15:55, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

No problem. Heavy Water (talk) 16:02, 27 August 2023 (UTC)