A former Camp Pendleton Marine who sold nearly two dozen unserialized 'ghost guns' to undercover officers was sentenced Monday to just over three years in…
At his sentencing hearing in federal court Monday, 23-year-old Christian Ferrari told U.S. District Judge Cynthia Bashant that his involvement in the gun sales was"really stupid."A former Camp Pendleton Marine who sold nearly two dozen unserialized"ghost guns" to undercover officers was sentenced Monday to just over three years in federal prison.
Between March and May of last year, prosecutors say Ferrari met with undercover agents in San Diego and El Cajon and sold the rifles for a total of nearly $24,000. During two of the transactions, officers mentioned that the guns they bought would be bound for Mexico.At his sentencing hearing in federal court, Ferrari told U.S. District Judge Cynthia Bashant that his involvement in the gun sales was"really stupid.
Defense attorney Stephen Piotrkowski, who asked for a two-year sentence, said his client is remorseful and has support from his family and his fellow Marines."It is also important to note that those that know him best and served alongside him in service to our nation believe that this was a grave mistake, that Christian takes responsibility for this behavior, and that nothing of the kind will occur in the future," Piotrkowski wrote in a sentencing memorandum.
"As an active Marine, Ferrari should have been more sensitive to the dangers of high-powered firearms in the wrong hands," Thakkar wrote in his sentencing papers."As a Marine, he was supposed to serve this country, not make it more dangerous through the illegal manufacturing and peddling of ghost guns."
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