@MorosKostas There's no circularity problem at all if you view common use as sufficient, but not necessary - a point beyond which no ambiguity is left: hands off.
I suspect SCOTUS may take this line; it lets them leave MGs in a more ambiguous position than a more principled decision would.
@Gregory27459260@2aHistory "In common use at the time" in Miller meant then the bolt-action magazine rifle, eg the M1903, Kar98k, Mosin, that was the standard infantry rifle at the time, or their civilian counterparts like the Winchester Model 70. What's in common use now...
@moonwarnow An RL-10 powered hydrolox upper stage is, like, the most well-understood design space in US rocketry. Boeing's failure on this front should be criminal
@OdballsS The easiest layup in the world, bookended by the end of Medieval 2 and the beginning of Empire. I still remember trying to play the M2 Battle of Pavia demo on my potato PC.
@ii2525yarou@shedsstar_Mk2 These kinds of plotters hate being visible, responsible, and accountable like the plague. They always want to be the power behind the throne and never in it, so all the fire is directed at someone else.
That said, the Yukes *were* trying to just shoot the plane down, right?