DueProcess
Whether the Government must prove that the defendant knew the person to whom he disposed of a firearm belonged to the relevant category of persons barred from possessing a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(d) and § 924(a)(2)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED ; . . 1. Since the Supreme Court has now held, in Rehaif v. United States, that ina prosecution under §922(g) and §924(a)(2), the Government must prove both that the defendant knew he possessed a firearm and that he knew he belonged to the relevant category of persons barred from possessing a firearm, does the Government have to prove, in a prosecution under §922(d) and §924(a)(2), that the defendant knew that the person he disposed a firearm to belonged to the relevant category of persons barred from possessing a firearm? : 2. Since every sale or disposing to a felon can be described as aiding and abetting a felon's possession of the firearm, should the Government's burden of proof be lowered simply because it chooses to prosecute a defendant under §922(d) instead of §922(g) under aiding and abetting? i