United States v. Bryant, No. 11-5452 (2d Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed from a conviction of one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine base and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The court decided three of four issues in an accompanying summary order. At issue here was defendant's argument that his conviction under 18 U.S.C. 924(c) was barred by the Second Amendment. The court joined its sister circuits in holding that 18 U.S.C. 924(c) was constitutional as applied and that the Second Amendment did not safeguard the unlawful purpose of possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment.
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