Unregistered Firearm Charges Survive Second Amendment Scrutiny

The Second Amendment doesn’t shield a man from prosecution for unlawful possession of unregistered firearms, the US District Court for the Northern District of Indiana ruled.

Jeffrey Sredl sought to dismiss four counts of unlawful possession of an unregistered firearm under the National Firearms Act, 26 U.S.C. Section 5861(d), arguing that the charges violated his Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms in light of the US Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen. Bruen held that the Second Amendment safeguards people’s ability to carry a handgun outside of their homes for ...