Court Opinion

ID: 9470888
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 03:19:19.847179+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:42:09.721143
License: Public Domain

PIERCE, Circuit Judge,
(dissenting):
I do not agree with the majority’s ruling. The intent of Congress can be reasonably inferred from Congress’ evident broad concerns in enacting the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. See Lewis v. United States, 445 U.S. 55, 63,100 S.Ct. 915, 919, 63 L.Ed.2d 198 (1980) (“Section 1202(a) was a sweeping prophylaxis ... against misuse of firearms.”); Scarborough v. United States, 431 U.S. 563, 572, 97 S.Ct. 1963, 1967, 52 L.Ed.2d 582 (1977) (“The legislative history [of Title VII] ... further supports the view that Congress sought to rule broadly — to keep guns out of the hands of those who have demonstrated that ‘they may not be trusted to possess a firearm without becoming a threat to society.’”).
I would, therefore, adopt an expansive reading of § 1202(a)(1) in interpreting the issue presented herein and, thus, I would affirm the district court’s ruling.