David notes that Hollis Wayne Fincher was sentenced to six and a half years. Finscher was in possession of machine guns and a short barreled rifle without paying taxes on them. He fought the case on second amendment grounds and lost. See prior posts here. Update: In comments, Wesley clarifies: I would probably have said, […]

Over at the gun blogs, another militia type intentionally got arrested for making machine guns specifically to challenge the law: This is a very important episode in the war on guns and in the fight for our freedoms. Wayne Fincher is a Lieutenant Commander in the Militia of Washington County, a legally organized militia under […]

On a bill to allow politicians to carry weapons in the capitol but not regular Joes, TN Rep. Henry Fincher said: It’s a dangerous world. … We are in danger because of our public positions, because of the stands that we have to take. We become targets Yeah, it’s not like it’s dangerous for people […]

One in four legislators in Tennessee has a handgun carry permit: There are 11 senators and 23 representatives on the list; 22 Republicans, 12 Democrats; 31 men, three women. Fourteen are from East Tennessee. And Fincher doesn’t care if you go strapped at the capitol.

Seen at Volokh’s. Fincher case also cited: Machine guns are not in common use by law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes and therefore fall within the category of dangerous and unusual weapons that the government can prohibit for individual use.

Kevin reports that Olofson may get a new trial: Also, here’s a link to Fincher’s appeal.

David Hardy has a look at the Fincher case and notes it doesn’t square with Heller.

In light of Heller, Wayne Fincher (past coverage here) apparently appealed his conviction for possession of a machine gun. He lost because: [U]nder Heller, Fincher’s possession of the guns is not protected by the Second Amendment. Machine guns are not in common use by law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes and therefore fall within the category […]

This was emailed to me by reader JKB: ======================================== I’ve been taking a look at this Syracuse University Clearinghouse on federal law enforcement data (http://trac.syr.edu/). I got to the clearinghouse via this post at instapundit. The ATF data is interesting. Seems the ATF enforcement is more active in rural areas than in the big cities. […]

A couple of major gun stories going on in Tennessee. The first is this bit from Tom Humphrey on handgun carry permit data: House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh and the Legislature’s newest member, Karen Camper of Memphis, combined today to keep handgun carry permit records open to the public, after a subcommittee initially supported making the […]

The NRA has several bills in the works in Tennessee to reform some right to carry issues. Detals below the fold (via NRA News Alerts):

David on Fincher: If every one of us did what Fincher did, there would be no more gun control laws in this country. I disagree. Look no further than the war on drugs. It continues despite high numbers of drug dealers, high numbers of customers, huge volumes of drugs, and huge amounts of cash. I’m […]

David reports that Fincher is guilty in the machine gun case. Kevin has a bit of analysis on why this case lost and why these cases always will. Update: I knew I read that title somewhere.

Hollis Wayne Fincher has been charged with not paying a tax. He was in possession of three home-made machine guns and a short barreled shotgun. The possession of said items without paying a $200 National Firearms Act tax is illegal. Now, prosecutors say they don’t want all that talk of constitutions and freedom and other […]