Convicted Felons Don't Have to Register Their Firearms

Vince

Now this is a rather weird twist...wonder what the anti gun nuts think about this?

U.S. Supreme Court's 1968 Haynes v. U.S. decision:
Haynes, a convicted felon, was convicted of unlawful possession of an unregistered short-barreled shotgun. He argued that for a convicted felon to register a gun was effectively an announcement to the government that he was breaking the law and that registration violated his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination. The court, by an 8 - 1 margin, agreed, concluding: "We hold that a proper claim of the constitutional privilege against self-incrimination provides a full defense to prosecutions either for failure to register a firearm…or for possession of an unregistered firearm." (Summary from American Rifleman, March 2000, page 20)

So, when these gun registration schemes are announced, be aware that only lawful gun-owners are required to register their firearms.
Unlawful owners are exempted from registration laws due to their constitutional protection against self-incrimination.

US Supreme Court Decision

gelandangan

I knew it!
The criminals have more RIGHTS than we do, both in the USA and in Oz.

Maybe its time to change profession.

Elvis

oh for farts sake!!!!!!
when will they pull there heads out of thier butts and see the wood from the trees.

chambered221

Now ya boys and gal know why they always want to give us a grace period to register the guns before the law goes into effect !!! Confused

PaulS

The way I understand it, the rights don't come from the feds and they have no power to restrict those rights so the laws are all unconstitutional and we have a duty and a right to ignore them.

Yep! I'm on another list.