A federal judge in Kansas has dismissed a machine gun possession charge and raised concerns about the constitutionality of bans on these weapons. U.S. District Judge John W. Broomes in Wichita ruled that the Second Amendment may apply to machine guns, potentially impacting the regulation of these firearms, including homemade automatic weapons.
The case involved Tamori Morgan, who faced charges for possessing a model AM-15 .300-caliber machine gun and a device called a 'Glock switch' that can convert a semi-automatic weapon into a machine gun. Judge Broomes stated that the government must demonstrate that regulations align with the nation's historical firearm regulation tradition.
