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Or Congress could pass legislation granting ATF authority to determine what constitutes a machine gun under the National Firearms Act.

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A machine gun is already defined as something that fires multiple times with a single trigger pull. Not sure what you’re saying?

To be clear: I’m not advocating anything, just stating that Congress could choose to delegate that authority as a result of the ruling.

I'm just not sure what you're saying even still. Under the NFA it's already a law on the books. Moving mountains to pass something that's already law.

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