I Need More Power Tools
Posted By Russ Emerson on November 13, 2003 at 7:40 pm
My garage is full of power tools, but they’re all woodworking tools.
I have to get my hands on some metal-machining tools now, of course. Because now I can make one of these:
It seems that, in a rare moment of lucidity, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the “commerce clause” of the Constitution means what it says — that activities not considered to be interstate commerce cannot be outlawed by Congress.
Like, for instance, owning a homemade machine gun. (Article here, PDF of the court’s decision here.)
[Yes, yes, I know — decisions of the Ninth Circuit don’t apply to North Carolina. Just this once, though, I wish they did. And man, oh man, I loved my M-60 — the best firearm Uncle Sam ever issued to me.]
Via Instapundit.
Neener neener neener! I’ve got a headstart on ya.
Lookit here!
It’s the forgings that are gonna kill ya. But I think I’d wait until the SCOTUS hears the case. I bet they won’t let it stand as it will kill a whole lot of power that the feds really, really, really want to keep.
I’m seething with jealousy, John. Seethe, seethe, seethe.
But yes, it might be wise to wait until SCOTUS has its say. [Insert muttered curses here.]