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Lol that's anyones guess especially if scotus decides to ignore or sidestep that issue during an awb case. It's still likely years regardless unless relief comes by way of a large decision with Bianchi or something.
That's in the pre Heller era. The game is not the same anymore.
And the historical record closest to the enactment is the 2nd Militia Act which required male citizens to arm themselves with a minimum of 24 cartridges in a box - and today's magazine is unquestionably a logical outflow from the cartridge box.
Been saying regarding NFA items in states that ban them that with Bruen citing the 14th Amendment that should also apply to AWB and mag bans.
Doesn’t mean we can freely buy them, especially on platforms like Glock where certain preban models go for $200+ per mag
I've been saying that for years. Buy an 11.5" AR. Shop does a background check. During checkout, the $200 tax is rung up just like a sales tax is (in MA at least). Stamp is printed out along with the sales receipt. What's so f*cking hard?
If anything a court case should have been brought ages ago based on the NFA tax collection method being inherently obstructionist. There's no valid reason FFLs couldn't have collected the tax the moment the NFA was birthed and then the buyer would get a real stamp by proxy during purchase.
You missed his whole point. You still have choices. Nobody's holding a gun to your head, not even the stupid shitty laws. You could shop better, ride dirty (like everyone else) and buy new mags, or say f*** it and stick with cheap 10rd or blocked/pinned mags.
Yes, that's one of the "multiple holdings by lower courts striking down such bans." That case is currently before an en banc panel of the 9th circuit with oral arguments having been made in March.
I'd say that with the NFA you could get the $200 tax removed entirely along the lines of the poll tax. State sales taxes on guns, ammo, etc. isn't going away because its taxed equally with other goods, but a tax specific to buying a gun is no different that taxing someone to register to vote.
The Anti's in Congress (which is all the Democrats) would happily make that $200 become $2000 and all they have to do is attach it to a spending bill, an NDAA, or the next knee jerk gun safety law like the red flag garbage they got enough Republican senators to sign on to. Hell, they're likely to attach it to a bump stock ban bill next time the Donks have the majority in the House.
Not going to make it to the floor even. Gun control nationally is a loser issue. Part of the reason we see states like MA and NY threshing about is because they're getting their ass kicked.
That’s assuming that SCOTUS believes these NFA items are constitutionally protected items, which there is no guarantee that they would feel that way if an NFA case would come before them. I’ll tell you right now, this current SCOTUS is anti-machine gun so that’s at least one NFA item where the tax isn’t going away. There’s bound to be more.
I disagree, I think we can get SCOTUS to remove at least short barreled long guns from the NFA. Just need the right case to be decided first. We need an AWB case (Bianchi v. Brown) stating that semiautomatic long guns are protected arms. Then, if both long guns and pistols are protected, it only makes sense that the short barrel guns in the middle would also be protected. Slam dunk EZ Victory.
There was no push for AWB in 2009 or 10 because there wasn't a focus on guns at the time and the Supreme Court wasn't tee'd up to strike down state based restrictions like it is now.
