Court Upholds Conviction for Possessing Gun as Unlawful Drug User (Who Is Presenting a Credible Threat to Safety)

 Court Upholds Conviction for Possessing Gun as Unlawful Drug User (Who Is Presenting a Credible Threat to Safety)

U.S. v. Baxter, decided today by the Eighth Circuit, upheld a conviction for “possessing a firearm as an unlawful drug user in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3). The Supreme Court’s recent U.S. v. H…