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Statutory Interpretation or Gun Control? How a Supreme Court Decision May Change the Meaning of a “Machinegun”
March 22, 2024By Stephanie Blanco
Pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 5845(b), a machinegun is “any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.”[i] The definition also includes the “frame or receiver of any such weapon, any part designed […]
