I wonder how long that federal law has been on the books.
I still got my old 1980s FIREPOWER magazines which tell how to make a silencer out of a two liter soda bottle. The attachment requires a $200 tax.
The National Firearms Act makes all NFA devices “firearms.” So by law a suppressor/silencer/moderator is a firearm regardless whether there’s a gun attached to it.
The independent Federal judiciary along with the independent bureaucracies and agencies are IMO the greatest threat to out republic.
Everyone likes the word “independent”. We have independence Day, people want and strive to be independent which is all well and good. But when independent describes an essential and very powerful part of our government, that same word has the polar opposite meaning and is now pernicious. Dictatorships are by definition independent acting entities.
Our state and local judicial and law enforcement organizations do allow public participation. IOW self government is allowed. We have elections of state judges, AGs, sheriffs. Even most police departments do have public meetings do allow for, and the most part encourage petition by the public.
No such popular check on power is allowed at the Federal level. No voting, lifetime appointment for judges, civil services and union protection, prosecutorial and investigatory immunity for agencies. Most of these unfortunate changes took place in the beginning of the 20th century.
There are very few popular means of checking the power of these “independent” actors. Jury nullification is one available option, but as we all know, juries are often intimidated and manipulated by these “independent” entities.
It doesn’t matter if the red team or the blue team is at the helm; liberty is always lost over time. True it’s lost faster with the Dems, but does it matter?
JFK once said, to paraphrase, that if political revolution is not possible by peaceful means, violent means will be inevitable.
People at the Federal level know this and they are desperately and feverishly dumbing down the public through propaganda and promoting division and crises’ in an attempt to shield themselves.
If they are not bearable arms why is batfe regulating them and categorizing them as firearms?
There is no change to the status of supressors due to this case. 2 guys made illeagal supressors under current rules, the status is unchanged.
Was wondering why a silencer was finally used in a mass shooting. Didn't know this case was before the court. Now it makes sense.
I’m totally confused. If it’s not “bearable” and of itself not a weapon, why does it need to be registered at all. It’s kind of a circular argument.