I'm assuming the government could prove the willfulness requirement if someone was quietly acquiring parts to a specific weapon, one or two at a time over an indeterminate period, until one had all the necessary parts to assemble into the firearm in question and render it functional. Where does that case go from here? Is the part collect…
I'm assuming the government could prove the willfulness requirement if someone was quietly acquiring parts to a specific weapon, one or two at a time over an indeterminate period, until one had all the necessary parts to assemble into the firearm in question and render it functional. Where does that case go from here? Is the part collector merely attempting to acquire a weapon as a collector's item that otherwise would be unsalable and otherwise unavailable, and how would one prove the absence of ill intent in collecting parts for said weapon?
I'm assuming the government could prove the willfulness requirement if someone was quietly acquiring parts to a specific weapon, one or two at a time over an indeterminate period, until one had all the necessary parts to assemble into the firearm in question and render it functional. Where does that case go from here? Is the part collector merely attempting to acquire a weapon as a collector's item that otherwise would be unsalable and otherwise unavailable, and how would one prove the absence of ill intent in collecting parts for said weapon?