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UNITED STATES v. POSNJAK

No. 370, Docket 71-1693.

457 F.2d 1110 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Walter POSNJAK, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 24, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald M. Kresge, New York City, for defendant-appellant.

Richard J. Arcara, Asst. U. S. Atty. (H. Kenneth Schroeder, Jr., U. S. Atty., for the W. D. N. Y., John F. Kane, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SMITH, KAUFMAN and MULLIGAN, Circuit Judges.

J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:

This case entails analysis of the definition of a "destructive device" in the National Firearms Act, 26 U.S.C. § 5801 et seq. and the Gun Control Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. § 921 et seq., federal statutes intended to regulate the importation, possession, and transfer of weapons, particularly guns, and to stem the traffic in certain unusually dangerous weapons, including "destructive devices," for which Congress saw...

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