Richard Rodgers v. William Rankin

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• noting testimony from a municipal judge regarding her standard procedures to inform defendants of their rights
• explaining that “the purpose of [section 921(a)(20)] was to accommodate ‘a state’s judgment that a particular person or class of persons is, despite a prior conviction, trustworthy to possess firearms’” (quoting McGrath v. United States, 60 F.3d 1005, 1009 (2d Cir. 1995)
• rejecting defendant’s argument because, among other reasons, it “substantially undercut ] the federal policy aimed at trying to take firearms out of the hands of persons convicted of a [misdemeanor crime of domestic violence]”
• rejecting -7- defendant’s argument because, among other reasons, it “substantially undercut[] the federal policy aimed at trying to take firearms out of the hands of persons convicted of a [misdemeanor crime of domestic violence]”

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