[Dead Corpse]

Commerce clause catch-all. Remember, the NFA is a TAX provision. Using it to prohibit possession of an item is also a violation of the SCOTUS 1922 Drexel Furniture decision wherein the SCOTUS ruled that taxes cannot be used to "punish" company or individual. An excise would have been fine, but when used as a regulatory prohibition it violates the Constitution.

The BATFE is one of the most pernicious and destructive bodies operating in our government today. They have ZERO Constitutional authority to exist as they do today.

[Still Thinking]

The BATFE is one of the most pernicious and destructive bodies operating in our government today. They have ZERO Constitutional authority to exist as they do today.

Thanks, temperance ladies. A government agency with time on its hands and nothing to do is a terrible thing.