Opinion ID: 724899
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: issues

Text: 5 On appeal, Copus raises three issues. First, Copus challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury's verdict that he unlawfully manufactured destructive devices, as that term is defined in the National Firearms Act, ch. 757, 48 Stat. 1236 (1934) (codified as amended at 26 U.S.C. §§ 5801 et seq.). Second, Copus argues that the district judge erred by increasing his offense level pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b) based on a finding that Copus' offense involved fifty or more destructive devices. Third, Copus challenges the constitutionality of the statutes under which he was prosecuted. He claims that the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549, 115 S.Ct. 1624, 131 L.Ed.2d 626 (1995), renders invalid his conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(o) for the possession of a machine gun. He also claims that the provisions of the National Firearms Act under which he was convicted cannot be justified on the basis of either the Commerce Clause or Congress' taxing power.