Legal Opinion
United States v. TRW Rifle 7.62x51mm Caliber
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 5, 2006No. 04-16049PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKEOWN, Circuit Judge.
When is a rifle a maehinegun? This appeal asks whether the rifle seized by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (“ATF”) from Mark Brown is a “machine-gun” within the meaning of the National Firearms Act, 26 U.S.C. § 5845(b). The definition of a maehinegun under § 5845(b) includes a weapon that “can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot ... by a single function of the trigger.” The classification is important because federal law requires registration of machineguns. 26 U.S.C. § 5841. Although the rifle was a modified M-14 ma-chinegun and…
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