01-19-2023, 11:57 PM
NFA Hearings, May 15, 1934, page 136
(Several hours of discussions about bank robbers, gang murders, kidnappers, hardened gangsters, interstate transport of weapons, and taxation preface this discussion.)
Assistant AG Keenan: Really, what we are after is the crook who has not registered, and we do not believe he is going to register.
Mr. Hill: The law-abiding citizen probably might not register; what are you going to do if he does not register?
Asst AG Keenan: If the law-abiding citizen does not register, and does not get into any kind of difficulty that would cause him to come to the notice of the police, and there are not going to be snooping squads going around from house to house to see who does and who does not possess arms; this is a practical piece of legislation.
Mr. Vinson: You get the benefit under Section 5, paragraph (b), in regard to the presumption.
Mr. Keenan: The presumption is applied to the gangster.
Mr. Vinson: That presumption is there, but that does not touch the question of whether it is a good thing or a bad thing; that does not touch the constitutional power.
(Several hours of discussions about bank robbers, gang murders, kidnappers, hardened gangsters, interstate transport of weapons, and taxation preface this discussion.)
Assistant AG Keenan: Really, what we are after is the crook who has not registered, and we do not believe he is going to register.
Mr. Hill: The law-abiding citizen probably might not register; what are you going to do if he does not register?
Asst AG Keenan: If the law-abiding citizen does not register, and does not get into any kind of difficulty that would cause him to come to the notice of the police, and there are not going to be snooping squads going around from house to house to see who does and who does not possess arms; this is a practical piece of legislation.
Mr. Vinson: You get the benefit under Section 5, paragraph (b), in regard to the presumption.
Mr. Keenan: The presumption is applied to the gangster.
Mr. Vinson: That presumption is there, but that does not touch the question of whether it is a good thing or a bad thing; that does not touch the constitutional power.
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