Second Amendment covers Glock switches?

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I’ll be honest, I have little interest in FA unless someone else is footing the ammunition bill. But, if the registry ever opens again - what is the economical path to FA ARs? New lowers, or one of the drop-in things I’ve seen mentioned over the years?

Just an academic exercise at this point.

There is a guide you can buy that will let you drill a hole with a hand drill. Of course, only after you get your form 1 approved for your lower.

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Who knows? I’m comfortable with NFA stuff and already have some myself so a repeal of the Hughes amendment would mean I’d be buying some cheap machine guns. 99% of America is not comfortable or interested in NFA stuff. SCOTUS needs to prioritize things that actually affect the average gun owner (CCW permits, gun free zones, magazine capacity bans, semiautomatic bans, etc) and not something that would only affect enthusiasts.

I agree there are more important 2A issues the court needs to get involved it but, there was a time were suppressor and SBR owners were considered "enthusiasts". More than likely, if the Hughes amendment had not passed there would many more machinegun owners similar to suppressor and SBR's.

Also, of SCOTUS found machineguns to be protected arms then that would eliminate a lot of anti 2A challenges. It would be hard to argue that a weapon is dangerous and unusual if machineguns are not.

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I agree there are more important 2A issues the court needs to get involved it but, there was a time were suppressor and SBR owners were considered "enthusiasts". More than likely, if the Hughes amendment had not passed there would many more machinegun owners similar to suppressor and SBR's.

Also, of SCOTUS found machineguns to be protected arms then that would eliminate a lot of anti 2A challenges. It would be hard to argue that a weapon is dangerous and unusual if machineguns are not.

Suppressors are still an enthusiast item. Anything you need to comply with the NFA is. The only reason that short rifles are so common now is pistol braces. People were able to buy short barreled rifles without having to deal with the hassles of the NFA. I agree with you that if SCOTUS found that machine guns were protected by the second amendment, that would go a long way to shutting down practically every other dangerous and unusual argument. I just don’t think they will do so. SCOTUS doesn’t have the stomach for it.

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Suppressors are still an enthusiast item. Anything you need to comply with the NFA is. The only reason that short rifles are so common now is pistol braces. People were able to buy short barreled rifles without having to deal with the hassles of the NFA. I agree with you that if SCOTUS found that machine guns were protected by the second amendment, that would go a long way to shutting down practically every other dangerous and unusual argument. I just don’t think they will do so. SCOTUS doesn’t have the stomach for it.

This will get appealed to the 10th and will probably be reversed. Then an appeal to the SC where it will be denied. Only if an appeals court finds that machineguns are protected under 2A will the SC be forced to review the case and probably decide they are not protected because they are dangerous and unusual.