The following excerpt is from United States v. Handy, No. 15-3177-cr (2nd Cir. 2018):
federal drug trafficking crime." United States v. Chavez, 549 F.3d 119, 130 (2d Cir. 2008) (internal quotation marks and alterations omitted). At the same time, "a drug dealer may be punished under 924(c)(1)(A) where the charged weapon is readily accessible to protect drugs, drug proceeds, or the drug dealer himself." Snow, 462 F.3d at 62-63. We have held that a nexus may be inferred where the firearms were found in a house, loaded, and near trace amounts of drugs, drug proceeds, and drug paraphernalia. Id. at 63.
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