Comment by 9x39
1 day ago
>SCOTUS has ruled before that 2A does not afford freedom to own any kind of weapon. There are limits on explosives for example.
This is largely machine guns and explosives. Pistols, rifles, etc are ordinary weapons in common use*
*NYC authorities may not agree
https://ammo.com/research/list-of-banned-guns-and-ammo-by-st...
Sawed off shotguns seems arbitrary and that was ultimately my (pre-coffee) point; government is fine with coming up with an arbitrary restriction when they want.
They could outlaw the means of production. Gen pop is not allowed to own that.
There is, in fact, a good question wrt how much of NFA is actually constitutional. A funny thing about this is that ATF has dropped cases on several occasions where the defendant tried this angle, presumably because they didn't want something contrary to their current regulations as written to be overturned in court, and because they had plenty of other charges to throw at those guys anyway.
Given that it was modeled on gun control legislation from pre-WWII Germany, it's _not_ something which they want looked at too closely.
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