[47599] in Cypherpunks
Re: Encryption and the 2nd Amendment
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Horowitz)
Sat Jan 20 14:31:41 1996
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 14:23:06 -0500 (EST)
From: Alan Horowitz <alanh@infi.net>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <ad266ee7090210043077@[205.199.118.202]>
> After all, it is well-established--whether we like it or not--that the
> government can regulate and control access to [...]
I *think* the only thing that's been affirmed, is that the feds
can *tax* weapons transfers. I think the one particular case is
called "Rock Island" or something like that. The defendant was
*acquitted* of possessing an un-registered machine gun, because the
authority to tax transfers of newly-manufactured machine guns, no longer
exists. This is an over-simplifaction. Anyway, the point is, the
defendant was acquitted right there in district court.
Tim, I don't think you'll be able to find anything in the Code of federal
Regulations or the United States Statutes, which outlaws the manufacture
or possession of a fission device in your basement. I'm not even
positive if it fits the legal definition of a "destructive device", whose
*transfers* are taxed.
