Federal judge: Machinegun ban is unconstitutional

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Federal judge: Machinegun ban is unconstitutional

by John CrumpA federal district court Judge from Mississippi has ruled that the federal prohibition banning private ownership of machineguns made after April 1986 violates Second Amendment protections of the U.S. Constitution. In 1986, the Hughes Amendment was added to the Gun Owners Protection Act (GOPA) as a poison pill. A poison pill is an amendment added to a bill to guarantee failure, but in the case of the GOPA, the bill passed with the po…