United States v. Meade

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to address questions of first impression concerning the construction and constitutionality of two recently-enacted federal firearms laws, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8) and 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9), both of which were intended to help curb the escalating societal problems associated with domestic violence. We conclude that these statutory provisions withstand the appellant’s vigorous challenge.

I

In the early morning hours of May 16, 1997, defendant-appellant Christopher Meade began pounding on the door of his estranged wife’s apartment in Lynn, Massachusetts,…