CA9: 911 call about man waving a gun justified stop at gunpoint and handcuffing

Officers’ display of firearms and handcuffing defendant in a detention after a 911 call of a man waving a gun was reasonable under Terry. United States v. Hearns, 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 37363 (9th Cir. Nov. 27, 2020).

Defendant was lawfully subjected to a not quite suspicionless border search of his electronics coming back from China. There was also reasonable suspicion for a detailed search because of his travels. United States v. Qin, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 222382 (D.Mass. Nov. 30, 2020).*

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