Tag: Felony

Felony by Fiat: The Absurd and Arbitrary Regulation of Short-Barreled Firearms in the U.S.

Under the National Firearms Act (NFA), you can be imprisoned for owning an otherwise legal rifle or shotgun if it has a short barrel. Government agents might even kill you — you certainly wouldn’t be the first person killed in the course of enforcing restrictions on short-barreled f...