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Possessing Unregistered Gun Not a Crime of Violence Under 924(c)(1)

By Shari Allison

United States v. Serafin, ___ F.3d ___, 2009 WL 983055 (10th Cir. 2009)Possession of an unregistered firearm?a short-barreled .22 assault rifle?was not a crime of violence, so that D?s possession of a different firearm at the same time he possessed the unregistered rifle could not constitute the offense of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence in violation of 18 USC Sec. 924(c)(1).The COA employed the Taylor categorical approach. The operative language for crime of violence under 92 read more

Full post as published by Tenth Circuit Blog on April 16, 2009 (boomark / email).