The Gun Blog Black List

On Tuesday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reaffirmed the constitutionality of the federal prohibition on private possession of machine guns, rejecting a direct challenge to 18 U.S.C. § 922(o) in a case involving a shooting involving a handgun modified by a machine gun conversion device (MCD).

In United States v. Jamaion Wilson, a unanimous panel led by Judge Don R. Willett affirmed Wilson’s conviction for unlawful possession of a machine gun, holding that such weapons remain outside the protection of the Second Amendment. The court said the decision reinforces longstanding circuit precedent and resists calls to reconsider it in light of evolving firearm technology or the Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen.

Wilson pleaded guilty to violating § 922(o) after using a handgun equipped with a “Glock Switch”. This small, illegal machine gun conversion device (MCD) converts a semiautomatic pistol into a fully automatic machine gun. Mr. Wilson used his firearm to kill a seller who allegedly sold him a fake firearm in a 2023 Texas gas station parking lot confrontation. Prosecutors charged him with a machine gun possession offense, which carries a maximum 10-year sentence.

Click the link to read the whole article:  Fifth Circuit Upholds Post-1986 Machine Gun Ban

Evergreen State Second Amendment activists are preparing for renewed battles over several pieces of holdover legislation including proposed limits on ammunition purchases, storage requirements and insurance, while Everytown for Gun Safety is flooding social media with inflammatory anti-gun-rights rhetoric.

The Washington Legislature convened Monday, Jan. 12, and the schedule for committee hearings on various bills can be found and followed here.

Held over from the 2025 session are these bills:

HB 1132  Limit purchase of firearms and ammo within a 30 day period.*

HB 1152  Storage Requirements of firearms in vehicles and other locations.

HB 1386  11% tax increase on the purchase guns, parts and ammunition.

HB 1504 Enhancing public safety by requiring financial responsibility to purchase or possess a firearm or operate a firearm range. Insurance per gun. (The bill requires at least $25,000 insurance per firearm, and that policies and bonds must be obtained on a per-firearm basis, with a separate policy or bond required for each distinct firearm. This would bankrupt people with moderate incomes or retired persons with large gun collections, which seems to be the purpose.)

Click the link to read the whole article:  WA Activists Prepare For Renewed 2A Battles