United States v. Abdul Grier

OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Abdul Grier appeals from the judgment of conviction entered following his guilty plea to charges under several provisions of the National Firearms Act (“NFA”). 1 Grier argues that the resulting sentence should be vacated because (1) Congress’ enactment of the Firearms Owners’ Protection Act of 1986 (“FOPA”), 18 U.S.C. § 922(o), implicitly repealed the NFA provisions to which he pled guilty; (2) the NFA offends due process because it is unfair to convict a person for failing to register a firearm when the Government will no longer permit…