U S DISTRICT COURT IN KANSAS RULES IN FAVOR OF CIVILIAN POSSESSION OF MACHINE GUNS

By Bob Walsh

 

 

 

A judge in the U. S. District Court in Kansas has ruled that a machine gun is a "bearable arm" under the meaning of the Second Amendment and has tossed a machine gun possession charge under the 1986 Firearm Owners Protection Act.    The judge, John Broomes, ruled that the government had failed to meet its burned under Bruen to show historical analogues for banning the guns the defendant possessed, a converted AR and a Glock with a switch added.

It seems likely that the ruling will be appealed to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals.