Authorities Cited: United States Code 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1) 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A) 18 U.S.C. § 1512(a)(1)(A) 18 U.S.C. § 1958 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f) 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(D) 28 U.S.C. § 924(c) Supreme Court 530 U.S. 466 536 U.S. 545, 568 542 U.S. 296 543 U.S. 220 Circuit Courts 817 F.2d 1508, 1516 62 F.3d 1, 4 68 F.3d 1283, 1289 94 F.3d 592, 594-595 98 F.3d 1266, 1286 138 F.3d 1410, 1412-1414 165 F.3d 727, 729 228 F.3d 1294, 1304 230 F.3d 1317, 1319 241 F.3d 549, 552 257 F.3d 433, 443 272 F.3d 220, 226 318 F.3d 987, 1000 381 F.3d 1237, 1242 397 F.3d 404, 413-414 400 F.3d 1325, 1333 422 F.3d 1241, 1244-1245 431 F.3d 784, 786 439 F.3d 796, 810-812 442 F.3d 1291, 1300 456 F.3d 1353, 1370-1371 476 F.3d 1246, 1252