The NFA and GCA are Largely Unconstitutional

[jasper2408]

A well known utuber who was arrested for sharing details of the auto card is now brought a lawsuit against the ATF which includes taking a position that ATF is unconstitutional. It's my understanding they are pushing to dissolve the ATF.

I went and watched a video made by the two lawyers that are defending this fella and one lawyer said that he got an email from a guy that was mad at them for trying to get the machine gun ban lifted as it would make his machine gun collection go down in value. He told them that they needed to stop right now. Sometimes I think that we are our own worst enemy here.

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One thing that I will mention is that the senators on the original NFA committee knew that what they were doing was unconstitutional and that is why they added the $200.00 tax. You could own it but you had to pay a tax so technically they weren't infringing on your right to own a weapon. Trouble was that at the time no one could afford to pay the $200.00 fee and Capone didn't care so guess who got screwed again? Not the crooks.

Continuing on the subject of the NFA, here is an excerpt from the testimony of then-NRA President Karl T. Frederick and a small preface by the person who posted the full NRA presidents testimony.

Before you read the full transcript, your attention is drawn to a few of excerpts that might interest you as a friend of the original meaning, purpose and intent of the Second Amendment. Some NRA supporters are fond of saying that the NRA was not involved in gun-related legislative activities that far back. Somehow, they believe that repeating that myth often enough will make it true.

NRA President Frederick's testimony began by explaining that he had "been giving this subject of firearms regulations study and consideration over a period of 15 years" and that "the suggestions resulting from that study of mine...have resulted in the adoption in many States of regulatory provisions suggested by us." He later described his active role in helping pass D.C.'s then-recent, ultra-stringent gun controls. Having helped enact gun control legislation was a matter of pride for NRA's president -- as you shall see below. The D.C. gun controls of which he candidly boasted included the following provisions, among others:

• prohibited carrying a concealed pistol without a license -- with an exemption, of course, for law enforcement officers
• justification for getting licensed to carry a firearm if "applicant has good reason to fear injury to his person or property" -- and the license application process included a mugshot, treating lawful gun owners like common criminals
• a two-day waiting period to purchase a handgun -- with an exemption, of course, for law enforcement officers -- even though violent stalkers don't tend to wait to attack
• required thorough record-keeping by gun dealers, of all transactions and every buyer
• required that the seller deliver all of a buyer's personal information to the police within hours of the transaction, including the make, model and serial number of the firearm
• mandated that gun dealers be licensed at the discretion of the police
• banned altering firearms' serial numbers or other identifying marks

The copy of the text of that law, which the NRA had helped enact, begins on page 45 below. Frederick described the law as "the uniform firearms act which we [the NRA] sponsored" -- and submitted the full copy to the congressmen debating the enactment of NFA'34. The Washington D.C. gun controls mentioned in brief above were approved on July 8, 1932 -- nearly two years before the NRA's President gave the following testimony.

Looks like the NRA has their mitts all over the NFA. Here is the full NRA testimony if you want to read it:

http://www.keepandbeararms.com/nra/nfa.htm