McCoy v. Zimmerman

How later courts describe this case

• “[Fjirearms are ‘tools of the trade’ of those engaged in illegal drug activities.”
• handgun properly admitted in prosecution for drug conspiracy since weapon was tool of trade of those engaged in illegal drug activity and was highly probative in proving criminal intent, and inference of illegal enterprise arising from its presence supported conspiracy theory
• Section 552a(e)(7) is violated “to the extent that the [agency] has engaged in the practice of collecting protected information, unconnected to any investigation of past, present or anticipated violations of the statutes which it is authorized to enforce ... ”
• Concord, Monitor, June 18, 1985