Shawano Gun & Loan, LLC v. Hughes, No. 10-2927 (7th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseThe Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives revoked a Wisconsin pawn and gun shop's license to sell firearms after it rejected an appeal from a finding that the shop willfully violated record keeping requirements of the Gun Control Act, 18 U.S.C. 923. The district court and Seventh Circuit affirmed. The appropriate standard for willfulness for revoking a firearms dealer’s license is purposeful disregard of, or plain indifference to, a known legal obligation; the dealer had notice of those obligations and disregarded them. The infrequency of errors, compared to the number of transactions, does not disprove willfulness.
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