Legal Opinion
William Lee HUNTER, AKA William Leigh Hunter, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 12, 1996No. 93-56374PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Per curiam
The National Firearms Act makes it unlawful for private citizens to possess unregistered firearms, and mandates denial of any application for registration of a firearm the possession of which is illegal. 26 U.S.C. §§ 5812, 5822. The Firearm Owners’ Protection Act makes it illegal for any person to possess a machine gun that was not lawfully possessed before the statute’s effective date of May 19,1986,18 U.S.C. § 922(o), and thus makes it impossible to comply with the National Firearms Act’s registration requirement with respect to machine guns not lawfully possessed before May 19,1986.
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