Labels:book | reckoner | sky | tree OCR: or inaction where it imposes duty. 342 U.S. at 255. The Court explained that 'such legislation dis- penses with the corventional requirement for criminal puoa uct -awareness of some wrongdoing. I11 the n- terest of the larger good if puts the burden of acting at hazard upon person otherw ise innocent hut stand- ing ir responsible relation t.o public danger. at 260. quoting United States Dotterweick, 320 277. 280-281 {1943} The offense at issue in this case is a public wel- fare offense of the sort discussed in Morissette. There is no cormmion law analogue to the offense of possession of an unregistered firearm under the National Fire- armms Act. Moreover Congress enacted the NFA's nrovisions requiring registration and taxation of fire- arms tr penal ize "neglect where the law requires care ...
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