As Combat Controller put it when he sent me this link, “While the NRA buys Wayne LaPierre’s suits and luxury junkets, the GOA does what they were supposed to be doing.”
Gun Owners of America (GOA) is proud to support the introduction of GOA-drafted legislation in West Virginia by Senators Chris Rose and Z. Maynard that would authorize the creation of a state entity to purchase and transfer machine guns to qualified law-abiding citizens pursuant to existing federal law.
The legislation utilizes a clear statutory exception contained in 18 U.S.C. § 922(o), commonly known as the Hughes Amendment. While that provision generally restricts civilian possession of post-1986 machine guns, it expressly states that the prohibition “does not apply with respect to … a transfer to or by, or possession by or under the authority of” a State or any department or political subdivision thereof.
Under the bill introduced in West Virginia, the State would establish state-run distribution centers authorized to acquire machine guns and conduct transfers “by” the State to qualified members of the general public. By structuring transactions within the text of the federal exemption, the legislation seeks to restore access to constitutionally protected arms while adhering to existing federal law.
My only question then and now is: when will Texas follow suit?
Here’s the thing: I have no interest, zero, in owning a full-auto firearm for myself. (Okay, I could make a exception for the wonderful WWII-era M2 Subbie*, but they just cost too damn much, as would the ammo I’d be blasting away at whatever the $$$$ price of .45 ACP is these days.)
But I do support the idea of anyone who does want to own one being allowed to do so. (My old line: “AK-47s in Aisle 14” applies here.)
*Yes, I’ve fired one, on several occasions, and I frigging loved it.
“….being allowed to do so.”
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Why do I always cringe like hell when I read stuff like that?
Maybe it’s because I realize the 2nd amendment does NOT give rights to any one.
The 2nd amendment creates RESTRICTIONS on the gov’t that prevent it from violating a persons natural rights.
As we all know the criminal gov’t violates it’s own rules and laws all the time.
THAT is why I cringe, and ball my fists.