Saturday, October 11, 2014

Attorney seeks to overturn federal machine gun ban on constitutional grounds

“Now, my sights are set on ... the machine gun ban,” Stephen Stamboulieh announced on the GoFundme.com webpage he established to finance the legal challenge. “I don't believe this is constitutional in light of the Second Amendment to the Constitution. Likewise, the National Firearms Act (‘NFA’), which taxes the making and transferring of Title II weapons (machine guns, suppressors, short barrel rifles, short barrel shotguns, etc) is ripe to be attacked on Second Amendment grounds. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes a lawsuit that's sure to generate plenty of controversy.  Any bets that some of the most vocal condemnations won't come from within the "gun advocacy" community?

2 comments:

GaryM said...

I'd bet that many of the voices against lifting the ban will be those who already own $15K M-16s and don't want to see $800 M-16s on the market.

Anonymous said...

I expect the Class III Mafia will go full Todd B., can't have the proles diminish the value of their holdings you know.