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A gun registration law passes in a state. The law compels mandatory gun registration. The people choose to not register their guns. They are willfully breaking the law, thus they become criminals. At this point, they are protected under the 5th amendment and cannot be compelled to incriminate themselves. The law tells them to register their guns, but forced registration means forced self-incrimination to the government. Thus the people are not required to register their guns.
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A gun registration law passes in a state. The law compels mandatory gun registration. The people choose to not register their guns. They are willfully breaking the law, thus they become criminals. At this point, they are protected under the 5th amendment and cannot be compelled to incriminate themselves. The law tells them to register their guns, but forced registration means forced self-incrimination to the government. Thus the people are not required to register their guns.
Haynes v. United States
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Haynes v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 11, 1967
Decided January 29, 1968 Full case name Miles Edward Haynes v. United States Citations 390 U.S. 85 (more) 88 S.Ct. 722; 19 L.Ed.2d 923
Background of the case
The National Firearms Act of 1934 required the registration of certain types of firearms. Miles Edward Haynes was a convicted felon who was charged with failing to register a firearm under the Act. Haynes argued that, because he was a convicted felon and thus prohibited from owning a firearm, requiring him to register was essentially requiring him to make an open admission to the government that he was in violation of the law, which was thus a violation of his right not to incriminate himself.
Majority opinion
In a 7-1 decision, the Court ruled in 1968 in favor of Haynes. Earl Warren dissented in a one sentence opinion and Thurgood Marshall did not participate in the ruling.
As with many other 5th amendment cases, felons and others prohibited from possessing firearms could not be compelled to incriminate themselves through registration.[1][2] The National Firearm Act was amended after Haynes to make it apply only to those who could lawfully possess a firearm. This eliminated prosecution of prohibited persons, such as criminals, and cured the self-incrimination problem. In this new form, the new registration provision was upheld. The court held: " To eliminate the defects revealed by Haynes, Congress amended the Act so that only a possessor who lawfully makes, manufactures, or imports firearms can and must register them", United States v. Freed, 401 U.S. 601 (1971).[3] The original Haynes decision continues to block state prosecutions of criminals who fail to register guns as required by various state law gun registration schemes.
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