Apparently the US Attorneys Office in Indianapolis has been busy
If convicted put them under the jailApparently the US Attorneys Office in Indianapolis has been busy
Usually the minimum sentence in the Feds in a gun crime is 5 years (or 60 months as everything is actually in months)From the article above-
"If convicted, each defendant charged faces up to ten years in federal prison."
for dozens of firearms purchases.
I wish the press releases would give the minimum sentence available instead of the MAX, maybe then there would be more support for longer minimum sentences,
Meanwhile, in Minnesota,
Two who plead guilty to the same charges for "dozens of firearms straw purchases" get 4 years and 5 years in prison.
The defendants illegally straw purchased approximately 95 firearms, including approximately 62 firearms in May 2021 alone. To date, 18 of these firearms have been recovered by local and federal law enforcement at various crime scenes or in the possession of persons legally prohibited from possessing firearms.
Two Men Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Straw Purchasing Dozens of Firearms | ATF
MINNEAPOLIS – Geryiell Lamont Walker, II has been sentenced to 60 months in prison, and Jeffrey Paul Jackson has been sentenced to 48 months in prison, for their roles in a scheme that illegally straw purchased dozens of firearms over a one-year period, announced United States Attorney Andrew M...www.atf.gov