BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
On May 21, 1996, Michael Merric walked into the Margaret Chase Smith Federal Building in Bangor, Maine, with a homemade, double-barreled shotgun tucked into a bedroll. He told the security officer that he was going to the office handling social security matters in order to change his address. Later information reveals that Merric was at the time homeless and mentally disturbed.
The shotgun was discovered after Merric placed the bedroll...
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