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Re:DeWitt Clause, or can you benchmark %database% and get aw... by HideousKojima on Saturday June 04, 2022 @07:18PM (#31626120)
Other way around, sadly:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haynes_v._United_States

Convicted felons are exempt from the portion of the National Firearms Act that requires that machine guns (and other NFA items like short barreled shotguns) be registered as it would violate their 5th Amendment rights.

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Re:DeWitt Clause, or can you benchmark %database% and get aw... by donatj on Monday June 06, 2022 @06:06PM (#31646990)
Huh, that is one of the most interesting supreme court decisions I think I've read. I kind of agree with it in a text-of-the-law sense.

I would be very curious to see that logic hold up in court these days. They got Al Capone on tax evasion for instance, but wouldn't paying his taxes on ill-got funds have been incriminating?

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