United States v. DeFelice

Summary

The court affirmed the defendant's conviction for possessing unregistered short-barreled rifles and a suppressor and his twelve-month-and-one-day sentence. It held that he lacked standing to challenge a post-offense statutory amendment because the amendment was not retroactive and could not affect his conviction. Applying the Second Amendment's text-focused framework to the statute in effect at the time of the offense, the court concluded that the registration and tax requirements did not meaningfully constrain the right to keep and bear arms. The court also found no procedural or substantive sentencing error.