FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
This case presents an issue of first impression in this circuit: whether the absence of a scienter element in the sentencing enhancement for possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, § 2K2.1(b)(4) of the Sentencing Guidelines, violates substantive due process. We hold that it does not.
The facts of this case are straightforward. In 1984, James E. Schnell was convicted of filing a false income tax return in violation...
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