Authorities have sentenced a Nashville man in U.S. District Court to 15 years in prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
This, according to a press release from U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
That man, Kevin Mark Paul, 36, had his sentencing this past week, the press release went on to say.
“Paul was indicted by a federal grand jury in November 2018 after he was arrested by Metropolitan Nashville Police Department officers on October 4, 2018. On this date, MNPD officers received information that Paul was wanted on outstanding warrants, then in a residence on Charlotte Pike and was also in possession of weapons. Officers went to the house and attempted to persuade Paul to surrender but were unsuccessful,” the press release said.
“Officers entered the house and located Paul in a back bedroom, laying on the floor between a bed and the wall. Paul refused the officer’s commands to show his hands and reached under the bed in an attempt to retrieve a 12-gauge shotgun before being subdued and arrested by the officers. Evidence and testimony introduced during subsequent court proceedings showed that Paul is affiliated with the Aryan Nation and has a lengthy criminal record and prior felony convictions, including aggravated assault and aggravated burglaries. Paul pleaded guilty in May to being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.”
At sentencing, U.S. District Judge William L. Campbell, Jr., found that Paul’s criminal history qualified him as an Armed Career Criminal and subject to sentence enhancement.
This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives and the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Rob McGuire and Brooke Schiferle prosecuted the case.
As The Tennessee Star reported earlier this year, former Nashville Mayor David Briley politicized a recent mass shooting in Texas and called for “commonsense gun reform.”
Briley, like many progressive politicians, seemed to suggest that more gun control laws and restrictions on law-abiding gun owners will keep guns out of the hands of people who should not legally have them.
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Chris Butler is an investigative journalist at The Tennessee Star. Follow Chris on Facebook. Email tips to [email protected].
Photo “Kevin Mark Paul” by Metro Police Department.
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Thank goodness the FEDERAL court actually chose (in this case) to apply their own laws. It just doe snot happen on a regular basis.
Do not understand why “despite gun control laws” is in the title of this article. Despite what control laws?
If California would just ban “Wildfires”, look how many they could stop and save Billions.
If banning will work for guns, why won’t i work for wildfires???
Good one!
Why limit it to wildfires? While they’re at it, they could ban earthquakes, tsunamis, and mudslides, too. And maybe they should also consider banning homelessness.
This is such a great idea, I’m surprised that one of their nut-case politicians hasn’t already proposed it.