Is it unlawful for any person to possess or receive any firearm which has had a serial number removed, obliterated or altered and has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce?
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The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Mack, 164 F.3d 467 (9th Cir. 1999):
It shall be unlawful for any person ... to possess or receive any firearm which has had the ... serial number removed, obliterated, or altered and has, at any time, been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce.
18 U.S.C. 922(k) (emphasis added).
There is a "strong presumption that the plain language of [a] statute expresses congressional intent." Ardestani v. INS,
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