Stupid question on Quora: Would a gun amnesty work in America?
I would be perfectly willing to support an “amnesty” for all law enFARCEment personnel and organizations to turn in all assault rifles, flashbangs, etc. (including any and all “military grade” *heh* weaponry and equipment) to appropriate military authority (or even to ad hoc citizen militias).
Such things in the hands of civil government agencies and disallowed to citizens is just flat out wrong.
After all, the very first case challenging the 1934 NFA that came before the SCOTUS resulted in a decision against the (deceased and unrepresented before the court) citizen for having a weapon that was not one in use by the military. Thus, according to that SCOTUS opinion, supposedly only “military grade” firearms are protected by the Second Amendment prohibition against federal infringement. *heh*