Two 15-Year Sentences Illustrate the Ugly Interaction of Drug and Gun Laws

 Two 15-Year Sentences Illustrate the Ugly Interaction of Drug and Gun Laws

The Supreme Court mulls how to apply a mandatory minimum for gun possession by people convicted of drug felonies.

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard two cases, Brown v. United States and Jackson v. United States, involving men who were each sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm. A…