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Ocelot II

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7. My point was that SCOTUS focused on a very narrow and technical interpretation
Fri Jun 14, 2024, 01:39 PM
Jun 2024

of the words of the statute. A common-sense interpretation would have upheld the rule, but they decided that only the mechanical function was controlling. I'm not saying I agreed with it, only that this is how they arrived at the decision; and that the remedy is a statutory adjustment to the definition of machine gun.

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