Opinion ID: 725046
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Heading: Garcia's Lopez Claim

Text: 37 Garcia claims that the Supreme Court's recent decision in United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549, 115 S.Ct. 1624, 131 L.Ed.2d 626 (1995), finding unconstitutional the Gun-Free Zone Act, 18 U.S.C. § 922(q), which prohibits possession of a firearm in a school zone, renders 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) unconstitutional on its face or as applied to Garcia. 38 We reject Garcia's Lopez claim. As we recently noted in United States v. Sorrentino, 72 F.3d 294, 296 (2d Cir.1995), Lopez does not render 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) unconstitutional on its face. See also United States v. Rawls, 85 F.3d 240, 242 (5th Cir.1996) (per curiam); United States v. Gateward, 84 F.3d 670, 671-72 (3d Cir.1996); United States v. Bates, 77 F.3d 1101, 1104 (8th Cir.1996); United States v. Bradford, 78 F.3d 1216, 1223 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 116 S.Ct. 1581, 134 L.Ed.2d 678 (1996); United States v. Bell, 70 F.3d 495, 497-98 (7th Cir.1995); United States v. Bolton, 68 F.3d 396, 400 (10th Cir.1995), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 116 S.Ct. 966, 133 L.Ed.2d 887 (1996); United States v. Shelton, 66 F.3d 991, 992 (8th Cir.1995) (per curiam), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 116 S.Ct. 1364, 134 L.Ed.2d 530 (1996); United States v. Mosby, 60 F.3d 454, 456 (8th Cir.1995), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 116 S.Ct. 938, 133 L.Ed.2d 864 (1996); United States v. Hanna, 55 F.3d 1456, 1462 n. 2 (9th Cir.1995). Furthermore, as we noted in Sorrentino, it is sufficient to sustain a conviction under § 922(g) that the government prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the firearm previously had traveled in interstate commerce. Sorrentino, 72 F.3d at 296. That requirement was satisfied in this case. Garcia seems to acknowledge the weakness of his challenge before us to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) by conceding that he is bringing the challenge only to preserve [it] for further appellate review, should that become necessary.