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§5861 — Prohibited acts

52 cases·19 followed·6 distinguished·1 questioned·7 overruled·19 cited—37% support

Statute Text — 26 U.S.C. §5861

It shall be unlawful for any person—

(a)

to engage in business as a manufacturer or importer of, or dealer in, firearms without having paid the special (occupational) tax required by section 5801 for his business or having registered as required by section 5802; or

(b)

to receive or possess a firearm transferred to him in violation of the provisions of this chapter; or

(c)

to receive or possess a firearm made in violation of the provisions of this chapter; or

(d)

to receive or possess a firearm which is not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record; or

(e)

to transfer a firearm in violation of the provisions of this chapter; or

(f)

to make a firearm in violation of the provisions of this chapter; or

(g)

to obliterate, remove, change, or alter the serial number or other identification of a firearm required by this chapter; or

(h)

to receive or possess a firearm having the serial number or other identification required by this chapter obliterated, removed, changed, or altered; or

(i)

to receive or possess a firearm which is not identified by a serial number as required by this chapter; or

(j)

to transport, deliver, or receive any firearm in interstate commerce which has not been registered as required by this chapter; or

(k)

to receive or possess a firearm which has been imported or brought into the United States in violation of section 5844; or

(l)

to make, or cause the making of, a false entry on any application, return, or record required by this chapter, knowing such entry to be false.

52 Citing Cases

Evans v. Zych 644 F.3d 447 · Cir.
United States v. Lim, Modina · Cir.
United States v. Grier · Cir.
United States v. Cox 906 F.3d 1170 · Cir.
United States v. Abdul Grier 354 F.3d 210 · Cir.
United States v. Modina Lim 444 F.3d 910 · Cir.
United States v. Tiran Casteel 717 F.3d 635 · Cir.
Denis v. Attorney General of the United States 633 F.3d 201 · Cir.
United States v. Broadnax 601 F.3d 336 · Cir.
United States v. Broadnax 601 F.3d 336 · Cir.
United States v. Kurt Kavoukian 354 F.3d 117 · Cir.
United States v. Broadnax 595 F.3d 565 · Cir.
Oppedisano v. Holder 769 F.3d 147 · Cir.
United States v. Michael Ortiz 927 F.3d 868 · Cir.
United States v. Jamond Rush 130 F.4th 633 · Cir.
United States v. Jamond Rush · Cir.
United States v. Hernandez · Cir.
Baranski v. United States 515 F.3d 857 · Cir.
Aybar-Alejo v. INS · Cir.
United States v. Jenkins · Cir.
United States v. Ronald Claxton · Cir.
United States v. Drexel L. Dukes, Jr. · Cir.
United States v. Louis Village Center · Cir.
United States v. Marc Willy 40 F.4th 1074 · Cir.
Antonia Trinidad Aybar-Alejo v. Immigration and Naturalization Service 230 F.3d 487 · Cir.
United States v. Ronald Claxton 276 F.3d 420 · Cir.
United States v. William R. Jenkins 333 F.3d 151 · Cir.
United States v. Drexel Lee Dukes, Jr. 432 F.3d 910 · Cir.
Baranski v. Fifteen Unknown Agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms 452 F.3d 433 · Cir.
United States v. Louis Pierre Village Center 452 F.3d 949 · Cir.
United States v. Tilford 85 F. App'x 516 · Cir.
Belnome v. Gonzales 137 F. App'x 434 · Cir.
United States v. Perez-Greaux 83 F.4th 1 · Cir.
Firearms Regulatory Accountability Coalition, Inc. v. Merrick B. Garland 112 F.4th 507 · Cir.
United States v. Barry Croft, Jr. · Cir.
United States v. Alcorn 638 F.3d 819 · Cir.
United States v. Newell 658 F.3d 1 · Cir.
Oppedisano v. Holder · Cir.
Baranski v. Fifteen Unknown Agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms 452 F.3d 433 · Cir.
United States v. Hull · Cir.
United States v. Diaz-Diaz 327 F.3d 410 · Cir.
United States v. Victor Maturino 887 F.3d 716 · Cir.
United States v. Samy Hamzeh 986 F.3d 1048 · Cir.
United States v. Samy Hamzeh · Cir.
United States v. Chad Mink 9 F.4th 590 · Cir.
Gun Owners of America, Inc. v. Merrick B. Garland 19 F.4th 890 · Cir.
United States v. Jeff Lee Kolley 330 F.3d 753 · Cir.
Keith B. Baranski v. Fifteen Unknown Agents Of The Bureau Of Alcohol, Tobacco And Firearms 401 F.3d 419 · Cir.
United States v. Joseph Yengel, Jr. 711 F.3d 392 · Cir.
United States v. Henson 102 F. App'x 1 · Cir.
John Roe v. Steven Dettelbach 59 F.4th 255 · Cir.
Mock v. Garland 75 F.4th 563 · Cir.

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