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Eighth Circuit Second Amendment Opinion on Machine Guns

Today the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a Second Amendment opinion.  United States v. Fincher, No. 07-2514 (8th Cir. Aug. 13, 2008).  Here is the official case summary: District court's determination that defendant's militia group, the Washington County Militia, was not affiliated with the state militia and therefore not subject to the protections of Second Amendment was well supported by the record; since machine guns are not weapons typically possessed by law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes, the Supreme Court's recent decision in Heller does not protect defendant's possession of machine guns [].You may download the opinion here.

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on August 13, 2008 (boomark / email).