NELSON, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which McKAY, J., joined. RYAN, J. (pp. 114-117), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.
On November 30, 1993, Congress adopted legislation making it a federal crime to steal a firearm from a licensed firearms dealer. See 18 U.S.C. § 922(u), enacted by Pub.L. No. 103-159, § 302(c). About a year after the law was passed the defendants pleaded guilty to having committed...
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