The tax stamp was reduced to zero on these NFA items. A federal judge ruled that with no tax, Congress has no power to regulate them (unless they renew the law under commerce clause power) and granted an injunction on enforcement, but to the parties involved in the lawsuit. The involved parties are really broad, like every member of the GOA.
Some places are selling suppressors with only a background check, not the fingerprinting and registration. The ATF did nothing. It is all very public. Other places are doing biz as usual. Still others are playing the waiting game and saving the paperwork just in case. The DOJ and ATF are being close lipped. They have 60 days to file an appeal.
Is this a ploy? Something else? Good news?
Apples and oranges.
The law was passed as a tax, they need a new law to use the commerce clause.
Words still mean things.
Shall not be infringed.
Never even meant that when the bill of rights was adopted, and, mon ami, it only applied to the federal government.
Did, though. Privately owned battleships fought the British to a standstill in the War of 1812. Who do you think owned half the cannons in the Revolution? Not the government.
What the fuck is that supposed to mean?
Letters of Marque were in a separate part of the constitution, mon ami, and the same people that amended the Constitution to add the Bill of Rights passed laws preventing the sale of guns to natives. Besides, you can't "bear" a cannon, so the Second Amendment doesn't apply to arms you can't carry.
The Bill of Rights didn't apply to the states, but only the federal government until the 14th Amendment. At the time of the adoption of the Bill of Rights, for example there were official state churches, despite the First Amendment saying there would be no law establishing a religion. It's called "incorporation" and it happened because the South left, and then lost, and the Republicans wanted a way to keep the Southern states down by giving full rights to blacks.