Judge Dismisses Machine Gun Charges Against Kansas Woman, Citing Supreme Court Decision

Federal prosecutors failed to meet the burden established under a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, judge rules.

A man fires a machine gun in New Hampshire in an undated file photograph. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images

A U.S. judge has dismissed charges against a woman who possessed a machine gun, citing a U.S. Supreme Court decision that shifted the framework for how courts analyze cases dealing with constitutional rights.

Machine guns fall under the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment, U.S. District Judge John Broomes found.