US-CA9 · jury_instructions
9th Cir. Model Jury Instr. (Criminal) 14.5
Firearms—Transporting or Receiving in State of Residence (18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(3))
The defendant is charged in [Count _______ of] the indictment with [transporting] [receiving] a firearm [into] [in] the state of [his] [her] residence in violation of Section 922(a)(3) of Title 18 of the United States Code. For the defendant to be found guilty of that charge, the government must prove each of the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, the defendant was not licensed as a firearms [dealer] [importer] [manufacturer] [collector]; and
Second, the defendant willfully [transported into] [received in] the state in which the defendant resided a [specify firearm] that the defendant purchased or otherwise obtained outside that state.
A person acts “willfully” if [he] [she] acts knowingly and purposely and with the intent to do something that the law forbids. Willfulness can be proved by direct evidence or by circumstantial evidence.
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- 2026-08-20
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