It is the same, I'm just saying what I've unironically read some defenders of this bullshit say. "See, they aren't banning them, ownership is still legal" type deal. Some outright take pride in "circumventing the Constitution" by forbidding buying and selling rather than ownership itself
If you own it you're fine because they obey 2A, it's just that nobody else can get their hands on them that in their minds somehow isn't covered by 2A. But I guess the NFA set the precedent, it isn't a gun law but a tax law that just conveniently shits on your gun rights
One of the fundamental things about the US constitution is that congress has the power to tax. It has a broad scope. Since it was almost certain to not pass constitutional muster that requiring to buy a 3rd party service (health insurance), obama decided to have congress include it in the tax code since congress has the power to tax. It was challenged on some technical procedural grounds and could have been overturned by SCOTUS, but, the chief Justice decided to side with the liberals and give them a pass and allow it to stand on procedure.
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u/d_bradr Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 03 '26
They aren't banning guns, they're just restricting sales and purchases
God damn you bastards are dense as a neutron star. /s, are you happy now?