Four Individuals Charged with Federal Gun Crimes

Four Individuals Charged with Federal Gun Crimes

  • Posted by Marcia Shein
  • On May 5, 2017
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  • Federal Charges, Federal Criminal Defense, Weapons Charges
Law enforcement’s discovery of a machine gun in a home has the potential to result in the owner facing up to a decade in prison. The individual illegally possessed a Bushmaster Model E.A-15 .233 caliber machine gun that was not registered to the individual. This individual is one of four people recently named by the […]
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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Assault Weapons Ban Challenge

  • Posted by Marcia Shein
  • On December 10, 2015
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  • News & Articles
In a move many are viewing as a sign of changing views regarding the Second Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a legal challenge to an assault weapons ban ordinance enacted by Highland Park, IL (a suburb of Chicago), the New York Times is reporting. The case in question, Friedman v. […]
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Supreme Court to Hear Firearms Possession Case

  • Posted by Marcia Shein
  • On November 11, 2015
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  • News & Articles
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review the case of Voisine v. United States, according to the SCOTUS blog. The case could have far-reaching ramifications pertaining to firearms possession and the Second Amendment. The case is being brought by two defendants from Maine, Stephen Voisine and William Armstrong, both of whom were convicted […]
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US Supreme Court issues ruling on domestic violence weapons ban

  • Posted by Marcia Shein
  • On April 11, 2014
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The United States Supreme Court ruled late last month that a 1996 law prohibiting people who have been convicted of domestic violence may not later possess a firearm, regardless of whether the underlying case included evidence of actual physical harm. At least two federal appellate rulings had previously held that some level of actual violence […]
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Atlanta rapper faces federal weapons charges

  • Posted by Marcia Shein
  • On December 18, 2013
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Though Atlanta’s Gucci Mane is famous for his music, his legal problems keep bringing him unwanted attention. The rapper was in court recently to face federal charges: gun possession by a convicted felon. The 33-year-old was arraigned on the pair of charges stemming from two September incidents in which he was accused of carrying loaded […]
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