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The US Supreme Court is considering how to apply 18 U. S. C. 924(c) which increases the punishment for firearms possessed during and in relation to drug crimes and crimes of violence. At issue is whether the law, which supplies for mandatory minimum sentences, was designed to enhance a sentence for a drug crime or crime of violence having a greater minimum sentence. The cases to watch are US v. Abbott and US v. Gould. Recently, Judge Wanger in the Eastern District of California elected to run a sentence for the 18 U. S. C. 924(c)