Over the last few days, we’ve received questions from gun owners across Indiana about the Jacob McGee machine gun case and what it means for our rights.

Here are the facts:

In August of last year, McGee was caught in Indianapolis with a Glock pistol outfitted with a “Glock switch” — a conversion device that turns a semi-automatic pistol into a fully automatic machine gun.

These devices are banned under state and federal law, and the Indiana Court of Appeals upheld his conviction just last week.

McGee challenged the state law, citing the Bruen Decision and the Second Amendment. Of course, McGee was a violent criminal with a prior felony conviction and was unable to own firearms.

But that doesn’t mean we should be ok with this court decision.

We’ll say it plainly: 👉 Machine guns should be legal in America — just like they were before 1934.

Here’s why:

1. The Second Amendment Protects Military Arms

The Founding Fathers didn’t write the Second Amendment so we could hunt squirrels. They wrote it so that we the people could resist tyranny.

If the government can own M4s and belt-fed SAWs, then so can the people. That’s the whole point.

2. “In Common Use” Is a Rigged Standard

Courts say machine guns aren’t “in common use.” Of course they’re not — the law bans new ones! You can’t outlaw something and then claim it’s uncommon to justify keeping it banned.

That’s a circular, dishonest attack on the Constitution.

3. Lawful Owners Aren’t the Problem

Since 1934, legally owned machine guns have been used in almost zero crimes nationwide. Responsible gun owners are not the threat.

It’s the criminals — often released early by soft-on-crime prosecutors — that are tearing our communities apart.

4. Disarmament = Control

This has never been about safety. It’s about control. When politicians say you don’t need that kind of firepower, what they really mean is: you shouldn’t have the power to resist them.

And that’s exactly why we must never surrender it.

The violent crime we’re seeing across Indiana today is the result of liberal, soft-on-crime policies, not the tools used by law-abiding gun owners.

If we let politicians keep using the actions of violent criminals as an excuse to whittle away at our freedoms, soon we’ll have nothing left.

That’s why the Indiana Firearms Coalition exists.

We’re fighting to protect the Second Amendment at every level — and we need you in the fight with us.

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The Founders didn’t ask for permission — we shouldn’t have to, either.

For Freedom,

Aaron Dorr
Executive Director
Indiana Firearms Coalition