U.S. v. COX

Nos. 17-3034, 17-3035.

906 F.3d 1170 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Shane COX, Defendant-Appellant. State of Kansas, Intervenor-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jeremy Kettler, Defendant-Appellant. State of Kansas, Intervenor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED October 16, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paige A. Nichols , Assistant Federal Public Defender ( Melody Brannon , Federal Public Defender, with her on the briefs), Topeka, Kansas, for Defendant-Appellant Shane Cox.

Joseph W. Miller of Law Offices of Joseph Miller, LLC, Fairbanks, Alaska ( Robert J. Olson , William J. Olson , Jeremiah L. Morgan , Herbert W. Titus of William J. Olson, P.C., Vienna, Virginia, with him on the briefs) for Defendant-Appellant Jeremy Kettler.

Derek Schmidt , Attorney General of Kansas, Jeffrey A. Chanay , Chief Deputy Attorney General, Toby Crouse , Solicitor General of Kansas, Dwight R. Carswell and Bryan C. Clark , Assistant Solicitors General, Topeka, Kansas, for Intervenor-Appellant.

Elizabeth H. Danello , Attorney, Appellate Section, Criminal Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. ( Stephen R. McAllister , United States Attorney, District of Kansas, Jared S. Maag , Assistant United States Attorney, District of Kansas, Kenneth A. Blanco , Acting Assistant Attorney General, and Trevor N. McFadden , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., with her on the brief) for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before HARTZ, SEYMOUR, and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.


This is a tale of two laws: the National Firearms Act (NFA), 26 U.S.C. §§ 5801-5872, which requires the registration of statutorily defined firearms, and Kansas's Second Amendment Protection Act (SAPA), ch. 100, 2013 Kan. Sess. Laws vol. 1 500-03 (codified at Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 50-1201 to -1211 (2014...

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