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OCR: APPLICATION OF CONGRESSIONAL INTENT BY CIRCUT COURTS HAS CAUSED A RECENT TREND REQUIRING PROOF OF KNOWLEDGE THAT THE ITEM POSSESSED FIREARM This legislative history. part, inspired the Fifth Circuit Court Appeals to overturn its own precedent ir United States Anderson 885 F.2d 1248 {5th 1989) (en banc) rehearing en banc, the Fifth Circuit Court Appeals stated the Anderson decision Countless rum ibers of semiautomatic weapons stand ir the closets pue gun cabinets f this land Several of the most popular shotgun models many handguns, and nou few rifles are autoloaders; pue either wear and tear OT simple operation can convert Kue FO these from firearm ir the ordinary sense into firearm ir the sense defined by the Act. Where. as here the criminal charge is that 0 possessing such an arm one that ...