United States v. William Clifford Solomon, III

Vacated and remanded by published opinion, in which Chief Judge WILKINSON and Judge HOWARD joined.

OPINION

DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge.

The Government challenges the district court’s determination that William Solomon was entitled to an eight-level reduction in his offense level at sentencing for possessing a firearm “solely for lawful sporting purposes or collection.” Because the record is devoid of any factual basis for the reduction, we vacate the sentence and remand the case for resentencing.

I

On July 25, 2000, William Solomon sought to purchase an Intratec 9mm pistol at Woodbridge Gold…