Restriction on Gun Possession Within 1000 Feet of School Constitutional, at Least When Possessor Is "Behaving Erratically and Menacingly"

Restriction on Gun Possession Within 1000 Feet of School Constitutional, at Least When Possessor Is "Behaving Erratically and Menacingly"

From U.S. v. Allam, decided today by Fifth Circuit Judge Cory Wilson, joined by Judges James Graves and Stephen Higginson: In August 2022, Allam embarked on a road trip in his father's SUV from his home in Brooklyn, New York. By early January 2023, he pulled into Beaumont, Texas, via a circuitous, cross-country route. By the time he arrived in Texas, he possessed an AR-15-style rifle that he had purchased along the way in Pennsylvania. Since lea…