💬 Opinion 8h ago · Eugene Volokh

Second Amendment Doesn't Protect Machineguns, Doesn't Preclude Registration Requirement for Silencers

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From Third Circuit Judge Stephanos Bibas, joined by Judges Felipe Restrepo and Cindy Chung, in yesterday's U.S. v. Berger:
Gun bans are strong medicine. But occasionally, they are just what the doctor ordered. History teaches that governments may ban weapons when they are commonly used principally for crime. Machine guns fit that mold….
The Second Amendment is not boundless…. he Second Amendment protects weapons commonly used for self-defense and other legal purposes. Conversely, "

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