US v. Rock Island Armory
Some analysis of machine gun law:
They merely ruled that if the United States wishes to prosecute someone for possession or transfer a machine gun that was not lawfully registered before May 19, 1986, they had to do so under the Gun Control Act, not the National Firearms Act.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:53 pm
So in the charging document they have to say “GCA”, not “NFA but you know what we mean”.
Fair, in a legalistic sort of way; you still have to know what you’re accused of, for now.