US-CA11 · jury_instructions
11th Cir. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) O35.1
False Statement in Required Information
Kept by a Firearms Dealer
18 U.S.C. § 924(a)(1)(A)
It’s a Federal crime to make a false statement in a record that Federal law
requires a licensed firearms dealer to keep.
Federal law requires a licensed firearms dealer to maintain [record’s name].
The Defendant can be found guilty of this crime only if all the following
facts are proved beyond a reasonable doubt:
(1) the Defendant made a false statement or representation in the
[record’s name];
(2) to a federally licensed firearms dealer; and
(3) the Defendant knew that the statement or representation was false.
An entry in a record is “false” if it was untrue when made and the perso n
making it knew it was untrue.
Provenance
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- ca11.uscourts.gov
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- 2026-08-20
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- criminal-2021-08
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