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  • Lower Court uses Heller Decision to uphold BATFE ban on imported weapons

    08/21/2008 1:33:43 AM PDT · by neverdem · 73 replies · 547+ views
    nationalgunrights.org ^ | 7/24/2008 | NA
    In one of the first lower court rulings since the Supreme Court handed down the weakly-worded Heller Decision, a government restriction on firearms has been upheld. Steven Mullenix, a federal firearms licensee (FFL), was denied permission to import German WWII replica rifles by the notoriously anti-gun Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE). The BATFE used arguments from the 1968 Gun Control Act to argue that the replica BD-44 held no "sporting purpose" and therefore Mr. Mullenix could not legally import them. In return Mullenix sued the BATFE for infringing upon his right to keep and bear arms, calling...