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More than six years in federal prison for (not quite) bearing arms

By Douglas A. Berman

Here is an interesting sentencing case for those who claim to be strong supporters of gun rights, as reported in this Baltimore Sun article:Aaron McCown, a youth football coach embraced by his team despite a criminal past, was sentenced yesterday to 6 1/2 years in prison for using a loaded pistol to intimidate a referee. Like many others, U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow seemed to consider McCown an enigma: a man with a lengthy record ? including heroin dealing and assault ? who earned a community service award from the Johns Hopkins University five years ago for volunteering to help coach the Old Town Gators, a Pop Warner team in East Baltimore, each fall. "This, I think, is your last chance," the judge told McCown. "You need to figure out what prompted you to do all this back in September 2007 when otherwise you were doing the right things...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 13, 2008 (boomark / email).