United States v. Brown

ENTRY ON DEFENDANT’S SECOND MOTION TO DISMISS

TINDER, District Judge.

The grand jury charged Defendant Michael Brown in a two-count Indictment. The prosecution is based on the statutory scheme that is the centerpiece of federal firearms regulation, the Gun Control Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. §§ 921-930, and both charges arise from a 1996 amendment (the “Lautenberg Amendment”) to that statutory scheme. The Lautenberg Amendment added domestic violence misdemeanants to the list of persons who -are prohibited from possessing or receiving firearms which have an interstate commerce nexus. Count One of the…