United States v. Virgilio Patricio Flores

J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Flores was convicted under the Federal Gun Control Act, 18 U.S.C. § 922(e)1 2, for failing to provide written no*1500tice to a carrier before shipping firearms. Appellant contends that (1) the notice requirement violated his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination, and (2) the district court erred in holding that the offense does not require proof of specific intent. We reject appellant’s contentions and affirm.2

I. BACKGROUND

Beginning in early February, 1982, appellant began discussing the purchase of twenty-two revolvers with a gun shop…