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Yes, I agree the whole thing is wrong. I think that latest SC ruling with the most recent cases is the law, and with that, they now lean on some regulation of certain types of weapons. MG's are not specifically mentioned in the ruling, however in the oral arguments I remember one of the judges quickly stating something like: "Wait, Wait, Wait, we are not going to make a ruling on machine guns today right? I am not prepared for that.."
I will try to find the recording. The SC specifically was fully aware of the implications of discussing MG's and purposely avoided it.
The people that have gotten the memo is the DOJ and they choose to ignore all of it. Like we are seeing with states like montanna telling its citizens that they can legally manufacture silencers in the state for personal use in the state. Then the DOJ saying "no that's illegal and against federal law" and threatening to prosecute the citizens that violate the GCA and NFA in the state.
I discussed this before here that it is hypocritical of the Fed to do this because of the legal pot issue in Colorado vs actual federal law in which the DOJ said it will ignore.
So if this is the case, what state will follow through with the 2nd amendment and allow its citizens to legally manufacture MG's? Its getting closer to this in a few states that now allow the personal manufacture of some NFA, just no one has crossed the line to MG's, ...yet.
Its still so bizarre to watch the ATF go back and forth with its rulings and letters everytime it violates its own laws and tax codes that its meant to enforce.
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