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U.S. v. ROGERS

No. 01-2097.

270 F.3d 1076 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John W. ROGERS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 25, 2001.

Rehearing Denied December 13, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Bindi (Argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Division, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Patrick A. Tuite (Argued), Arnstein & Lehr, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before CUDAHY, EASTERBROOK, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Federal agents found in John Rogers's garage a home-made silencer for a MAC-11 semiautomatic pistol. He has been convicted of possessing a "firearm" (the silencer, see 18 U.S.C. § 921 and 26 U.S.C. § 5845(a)(7)) not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record. Every "firearm" (a term of art, see Staples v. United States, 511 U.S. 600, 114 S.Ct. 1793, 128 L...

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