The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Fuller, 953 F.2d 1388 (9th Cir. 1992):
Section 924(c)(1) has two elements. Under the first element, "the government must establish that the firearm at issue was related to ... the underlying crime." United States v. Torres-Medina, 935 F.2d 1047, 1048 (9th Cir.1991). Under the second element, the government must establish that the defendant "used or carried the firearm." Id. at 1049.
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