Court Opinion

ID: 9471642
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 03:37:45.501573+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:42:30.891023
License: Public Domain

WINTER, Circuit Judge,
dissenting in part and concurring in part;
Since I would affirm the convictions on counts IV and V, I respectfully dissent.
First, the language “receive any firearm or ammunition” seems to me to state that a receipt of a gun and ammunition is two crimes, whether or not the items are simultaneously received. Second, if the purpose of the legislation is to prevent access to firearms by indicted or convicted felons because of the danger that they will use them to commit further crimes, that danger is *170much greater when a fully loaded firearm is received than when only the weapon or the ammunition but not both are obtained.
Both the language and purpose of the statute thus seem contrary to the result reached by the majority. Since I concur in the remainder of Judge Mansfield’s opinion, I would affirm the convictions on all counts.