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Article • August 1, 2025 • from CLN August, 2025
Summary of the 2025 Drug Offenses Amendment by the U.S. Sentencing Commission by David Kim On April 30, 2025, the United States Sentencing Commission (“USSC”), an independent agency within the judicial branch established under the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, promulgated a multi-part amendment to the federal sentencing guidelines addressing …
SCOTUS: Jury, Not Judge, Must Determine Whether Defendant’s Prior Offenses Were Committed on ‘Occasions Different From One Another’ for Enhanced Sentence Under Armed Career Criminal Act by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford The Supreme Court of the United States held that a jury must determine beyond a reasonable doubt whether …
Article • September 1, 2023 • from CLN September, 2023
Sixth Circuit Holds Bump Stocks Not Regulated Under Machinegun Statute by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit weighed in on the ongoing Circuit split of whether a “bump stock” – placement of which on a semiautomatic rifle enables it to function …
Article • April 28, 2023
Maryland Sheriff Charged in Scheme to Fraudulently Obtain Machine Guns by Kaden Gicker by Kaden Gicker Frederick County Sheriff Charles “Chuck” Austin Jenkins, 66, was charged with conspiracy to commit fraud against the government, false statements during the purchase of firearms, false statements in records maintained by a federal licensee, …
Article • April 15, 2023 • from CLN May, 2023
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Fifth Circuit Announces Altered Serial Number Enhancement Does Not Apply Where Gun Never Had Serial Number by Richard Resch by Richard Resch The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit joined four of its sister Circuits in holding that U.S. Sentencing Guideline § 2K2.1(b)(4)(B) does not apply in cases …
State Attorneys General Fear New FedEx and UPS Shipping Policies Will Allow the Feds to Bypass Warrant Requirements by Creating a Private Gun Registry by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On November 29, 2022, Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen sent a letter to the CEOs of FedEx and …
Article • December 15, 2021 • from CLN January, 2022
Third Circuit Announces Mere Physical Proximity of Guns and Drugs Insufficient for Automatic Application of U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) Enhancement Under Commentary Note 14(B), Creates Rebuttable Presumption by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that mere physical proximity of guns and drugs …
Article • August 15, 2021 • from CLN September, 2021
Filed under: Guns - Type of
Eighth Circuit: Plain Error to Impose Destructive-Device Enhancement for .410 Shotgun by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit remanded for resentencing on a defendant’s guilty plea because the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa improperly assessed a destructive-device …
Article • May 15, 2020 • from CLN June, 2020
ATF: What Is a Gun? by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Making a decision about what is or is not a “firearm” under the law would seem to be a fairly straightforward process, but recent controversy about the regulations used by the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosive …