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HUNTER v. U.S.

No. 93-56374.

73 F.3d 260 (1996)

William Lee HUNTER, aka William Leigh Hunter, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted September 18, 1995.

Decided January 12, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Durchfort, Kosnett & Durchfort, Los Angeles, California, for petitioner-appellant.

Wayne R. Gross, Assistant United States Attorney, Santa Ana, California, for respondent-appellee.

Before: BROWNING and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges, and TANNER, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

The National Firearms Act makes it unlawful for private citizens to possess unregistered firearms, and mandates denial of any application for registration of a firearm the possession of which is illegal. 26 U.S.C. §§ 5812, 5822. The Firearm Owners' Protection Act makes it illegal for any person to possess a machine gun that was not lawfully possessed before the statute's effective date of May 19, 1986, 18 U.S.C. § 922(o), and thus...

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