Huddleston v. United States

This case presents the issue whether IS U. S. C. § 922 (a) (6),1 declaring that it is unlawful knowingly to make a false statement “in connection with the acquisition . . . of any firearm . . . from a . . . licensed dealer,” covers the redemption of a firearm from a pawnshop.

I

On October 6, 1971, petitioner, William C. Huddleston, Jr., pawned his wife’s Winchester 30-30-caliber rifle for $25 at a pawnshop in Oxnard, California. On the following October 15 and on December 28, he pawned at *816the same shop two other firearms, a Russian. 7.62-caliber rifle and a Remington .22-caliber rifle,…