and great shrieking and moaning among the anti-rights types.
Something fairly interesting happened yesterday while Jeremy and I were at the range creating ever more content for you, our dear readers. A United States District Court Judge in Mississippi ruled that the ban on machinegun possession is unconstitutional.
I’m sorry…what?
Yes, you read that correctly. The United States had charged Justin Brown with possession of an unregistered machinegun. Mr. Brown objected to the charge based on the fact that he’s a lawful firearm owner and claimed that the ban on machinegun ownership is unconstitutional.
In his ruling, Judge Carlton Reeves, an Obama appointee, made no bones at all about the fact that he hated what he was doing, but under Bruen — of which he is also not a fan — the law is very clear.
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The government has failed to meet its burden of establishing that machineguns are both dangerous and unusual. Under Bruen, it therefore cannot restrict Mr. Brown’s possession of one in his home.
As they note, this case applies to this guy only. But oh, it's a great ruling. We'll see what happens next.
8 comments:
Tyrants detest setting anyone free of their grasp. Allowing everyone to own weapons of war limits their ability to be a good tyrant.
Heck. Forget Bruen. The ban is unconstitutional under Miller.
Everyone has pretended Miller held the opposite of what it did.
Let's get suppressors freed up next. My hearing will thank you.
Unfortunately, this sets no precedent others in the same predicament can use.
Reeves threw himself on this grenade to quash the possibility an actual ruling could occur at a higher court level.
Yeah, I'm not breaking out the Thompsons just yet. They'll stay under the floor boards where they have been for the last 45yrs.
Every one of those laws is unconstitutional under
The Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms
Shall Not be Infringed.
And since the case was dismissed, no precedence was established which could be used elsewhere.Judge Carlton Reeves is no friend of the Second Amendment, but decided to take one for the team to eliminate the case being appealed higher and higher, setting a precedent.
missing the data dumps.
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