Alito urged that the 1986 federal ban on machine guns be struck down
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Taken to its logical conclusion, Alito's views could result in virtually every federal gun, ammo, and explosives law being overturned. This is because since 1938, every major gun federal gun control law has been enacted under the Commerce Clause. These include the Federal Firearms Act of 1938, which requires firearm manufacturers and dealers to obtain federal licenses before engaging in interstate commerce, and the Gun Control Act of 1968, which broadened existing restrictions on handguns to include a ban on interstate sales, banned mail-order sales of shotguns and rifles, and prohibited the importation of so-called Saturday Night Specials--inexpensive, short-barreled handguns of the type used by Sirhan Sirhan to kill Senator Robert Kennedy. The federal assault weapons ban survived two challenges arguing that Congress had exceeded its authority under the Commerce Clause in enacting the ban
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Taken to its logical conclusion, Alito's views could result in virtually every federal gun, ammo, and explosives law being overturned. This is because since 1938, every major gun federal gun control law has been enacted under the Commerce Clause. These include the Federal Firearms Act of 1938, which requires firearm manufacturers and dealers to obtain federal licenses before engaging in interstate commerce, and the Gun Control Act of 1968, which broadened existing restrictions on handguns to include a ban on interstate sales, banned mail-order sales of shotguns and rifles, and prohibited the importation of so-called Saturday Night Specials--inexpensive, short-barreled handguns of the type used by Sirhan Sirhan to kill Senator Robert Kennedy. The federal assault weapons ban survived two challenges arguing that Congress had exceeded its authority under the Commerce Clause in enacting the ban
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