United States v. Buster Howard Turnmire, A/K/A Buster Howard Bare

K. K. HALL, Circuit Judge.

The defendant, Buster Howard Turnmire, appeals from a conviction rendered in a jury trial following an indictment charging him with a violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(h) and 924(a). Both of his contentions on appeal center on the manner in which the trial court viewed the term “receive” in 18 U.S.C. § 922(h) and then the manner in which the trial court defined that term for consideration by the jury. We affirm.

Turnmire’s wife was given a rifle in exchange for a debt owed to her from the sale of an automobile. Turnmire himself was aware of the transaction but because of…