J.D. Farmer, Jr. v. Stephen E. Higgins, Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

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• rejecting the district court's holding that § 922(o) did not prohibit private possession of machineguns if the owner complied with the NFA's registration requirements and agreeing with ATF's interpretation that § 922(o
• “In sum, we hold that section 922(o) prohibits the private possession of machine guns not lawfully possessed before May 19, [1986].”
• the public authority exception “is arguably ambiguous” but it does not apply to private possession

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