Jay Isaac Hollis v. Loretta Lynch

LESLIE H. SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns the constitutionality of a 1986 federal statute that makes possession of a “maehinegun” unlawful. Jay Aubrey Isaac Hollis, as trustee of his own revocable trust, submitted an application to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to manufacture a maehinegun. ATF denied his application pursuant to the 1986 statute. Hollis filed suit, challenging the constitutionality of the 1986 statute. The district court dismissed the suit, holding that Hollis lacked standing, and, in the alternative, that ma-chineguns are not protected…