Videos tagged with Machine Gun Ban
This video discusses a significant legal strategy to challenge the National Firearms Act (NFA) and the Hughes Amendment. By leveraging specific exemptions within the Hughes Amendment, particularly Section 2A, states like West Virginia and Kentucky are proposing legislation to create state agencies that can legally possess, transfer, and sell machine guns to residents. This approach aims to circumvent the federal ban on machine guns for normal citizens, drawing parallels to a DOJ interpretation in the Rare Breed Triggers case.
Kentucky has enacted HB749, a legislative strategy to circumvent the federal machine gun ban by leveraging an exception in 18 USC 922(o). This bill establishes a state-run system for acquiring and transferring post-1986 machine guns to qualified citizens, asserting constitutional rights and challenging federal authority. The initiative aims to test the limits of federal gun control and potentially lead to a Supreme Court review of the Hughes Amendment.
This video from Guns & Gadgets details a strategic legal challenge to the 1986 federal machine gun ban, spearheaded by Gun Owners of America (GOA) in West Virginia. The West Virginia Senate Bill 1071 (SB 1071) aims to leverage an existing federal exemption (18 USC 922(o) Part 2) that allows transfers to or by state agencies. This approach avoids direct repeal and instead forces a legal confrontation over the interpretation and constitutionality of the ban, potentially paving the way for other states to follow suit.











