GOA-Backed Legislation in West Virginia Would Restore Lawful Machine Gun Transfers

Summary

Gun Owners of America (GOA) is supporting new legislation in West Virginia, introduced by Senators Chris Rose and Z. Maynard, which aims to restore lawful machine gun transfers to qualified citizens. The bill would establish state-run distribution centers to acquire and transfer post-1986 machine guns, leveraging an exception in federal law 18 U.S.C. § 922(o) (the Hughes Amendment).