WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Each Labor Day weekend, Rockford, Illinois, hosts its annual "On the Waterfront" event, which organizers proudly describe as "the grand-daddy of summer festivals." In September 2002, the event lost its festive character for Valentino Montgomery when a police officer noticed a handgun protruding from his pocket. Ultimately, he was arrested and convicted for being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). On...
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