I wonder how the BATFE is handling this. If they do shoot down the Hughes Amendment, which I think they are going to do, NFA is going to be overwhelmed with form 1 applications. Even if they don’t take out the MG ban, it’s going to be challanged in court almost immediately after the decision is handed down.
I don’t envy those folks.
Just to be clear, the Court is not going to rule on any other statutes this summer other than the DC ban. Anything else is beyond the scope of the Question Presented. Its opinion might imply that other statutes are unconstitutional, but the court won’t come right out and say it. That will wait for another day, even if we’re fortunate enough to win this one.
Pardon me if I have limited sympathy for the ATF.
Probably they are close to an outright panic. I fully expect some people to arrange a massacre in the NorthEast somewhere in an attempt to get the Justices back to trying to restrict fully automatic weapons.
Am I paranoid regarding this? Yes, and for damn good reason. Never trust F Troop.