This week, we’re covering the very first time since the Supreme Court handed down the Bruen ruling that a federal judge has struck down the machinegun ban.
That may have implications for not just the ban itself but the law it is housed under: The National Firearms Act (NFA). That’s why we’ve got a gun-rights lawyer who has handled NFA cases. Matt Larosiere gives his view of what the holding in US v. Morgan means for the ban on post-1986 fully-automatic weapons and the NFA writ large.
He notes the case doesn’t include an injunction against the ban. Instead, it’s limited to the named defendant. He argued it’s very likely to be appealed and unlikely to win at the next level, though he couldn’t say for sure.
Larosiere said the barrier to plaintiffs winning cases against the ban was less a legal one than a public or judicial perception one. Still, he argued the victory in Morgan was not meaningless. He said it would help him and other gun-rights activists in future cases against the ban as well as other portions of the NFA.
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Plus, Contributing Writer Jake Fogleman and I cover the latest federal campaign finance numbers showing gun-control groups outraising the gun-rights organizations in the lead-up to the election. We also talk about a pair of federal appeals court rulings, one striking down the federal gun ban for marijuana users and the other striking down Missouri’s expansive Second Amendment Sanctuary law. Finally, we wrap up with a quick discussion of gun groups officially appealing to the Supreme Court over Maryland’s AR-15 ban and a pair of dueling court decisions on the legality of switchblade bans from across the country.
