State Sovereignty and Free Firearms Acts

[ifanyonecan]

Hmmm . . . what if a state passed a law saying that all adult US citizens residing in a state and of sound mind and no criminal record were eligible to volunteer to be members of the State Militia, said state militia members being expected to obtain at reasonable cost and maintain in good working order personal firearms that were functionally equivalent to those issued to US military personnel, including FA capability? Wouldn't this tend to create headaches for those enforcing the 1986 machinegun freeze?

I wonder how this would differ from other paramilitary civilian organizations, such as Xe Services (Blackwater).

AFAIK, Xe/Blackwater is a private company. I was thinking that if a state - a unit of government - established explicitly that individuals could be considered "militia" members and expected to have FA firearms, that Fed.Gov would have some difficulty in preventing it. (IANAL, so if I'm overlooking something obvious, I'd welcome correction from someone with legal competence.)

I was asking how it would differ, since the mercenaries working for Xe Services are civilians. Do they pay the NFA tax? Surely the tax stamp holder wouldn't be able to monitor the mercenaries using the rifles at all time, as required by law. There must be some exemption they have.

[marksiwel]

Hmmm . . . what if a state passed a law saying that all adult US citizens residing in a state and of sound mind and no criminal record were eligible to volunteer to be members of the State Militia, said state militia members being expected to obtain at reasonable cost and maintain in good working order personal firearms that were functionally equivalent to those issued to US military personnel, including FA capability? Wouldn't this tend to create headaches for those enforcing the 1986 machinegun freeze?

I wonder how this would differ from other paramilitary civilian organizations, such as Xe Services (Blackwater).

AFAIK, Xe/Blackwater is a private company. I was thinking that if a state - a unit of government - established explicitly that individuals could be considered "militia" members and expected to have FA firearms, that Fed.Gov would have some difficulty in preventing it. (IANAL, so if I'm overlooking something obvious, I'd welcome correction from someone with legal competence.)

I was asking how it would differ, since the mercenaries working for Xe Services are civilians. Do they pay the NFA tax? Surely the tax stamp holder wouldn't be able to monitor the mercenaries using the rifles at all time, as required by law. There must be some exemption they have.

i thought there was some laws about Corporations or Trusts being able to own Class 3 weapons. Also I think Xe (Blackwater) had permission because they worked for the defense department, someone ask Andy I'm sure he could inform us.

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[boomerang]

Also remember US law only applies in the US.

[ifanyonecan]

Also remember US law only applies in the US.

The training facility is in the US.

[chabouk]

Corporations can own NFA items, and they do pay for the tax stamp. As contractors, they can also be issued government weapons. IIRC, one of the "arms trafficking" charges against Blackwater/Xe had something to do with diverting government-owned weapons into private hands overseas.