UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MICHAEL R., Defendant-Appellant

DAVID ALAN EZRA, District Judge:

This appeal presents a constitutional challenge to the juvenile handgun possession law, 18 U.S.C. § 922(x)(2). The question of constitutionality under the Commerce Clause is one of first impression in the Ninth Circuit, indeed in any court of appeals. Also on appeal here is the trial court’s denial of appellant’s suppression motion. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 1294. We AFFIRM.

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On June 23, 1995, Clayton Alan Kidd (“Kidd”), a Lieutenant with the Tucson Police Department, was on patrol in a relatively high crime area; he was working in…