Legal Opinion
United States v. Walter Posnjak
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 24, 1972No. 370, Docket 71-1693PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:
This case entails analysis of the definition of a “destructive device” in the National Firearms Act, 26 U.S.C. § 5801 et seq. and the Gun Control Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. § 921 et seq., federal statutes intended to regulate the importation, possession, and transfer of weapons, particularly guns, and to stem the traffic in certain unusually dangerous weapons, including “destructive devices,” for which Congress saw no legitimate uses. The statutes, although considered and approved in response to a national problem of serious dimensions, about which emotions run…
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