United States v. James Mitchell Clingan

OPINION

STEEH, District Judge.

Defendant appeals the district court’s decision that he was not entitled to a reduction in his base offense level pursuant to United States Sentencing Guidelines (U.S.S.G.) § 2K2.1(b)(2), which allows a defendant’s base offense level to be reduced to level six if the defendant “possessed all ammunition and firearms solely for lawful sporting purposes or collection.” Because the defendant regularly bartered cars for guns and later sold the guns for profit, we AFFIRM the finding of the district court that defendant did not possess the guns solely for collection.

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