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OCR: machineguns, sirce ary ambiguity aP to their auto- matic firing capability is likely TF resolved soon as the tr] gger pulled Petitioner essentially proposes: to construe the statute to protect individuals who acquire registrable firearms on the street altering an existing weapom, hut who fail tn famil- iarize then selves with the characteristics their newly acquired or newly altered weapons. adopt that proposal would frustrate Congress's purpose require regi stration of such highly dangerous devices an thus koep them out hands of criminals Accordingly the rule of ienity has nO rale here. See Exhibits 10A-10C (pictures of petitioner's weapon) Moreover petitioner's proposal impose on the ernment Trequently insurmountable evidentiary hurdle: As the dissenting judges mited States nderaan 885 F ...