A federal judge on Friday rejected prosecution calls for prison for a Baldwin County man who admitted to selling guns without a federal firearms license.
Steven R. “L.O.” Hansen, 42, of Foley, initially had maintained that he was selling guns from his private collection and was not a professional gun dealer who would be subject to licensing requirements. Had he been convicted of the offense at trial, he would have faced a five-year prison term under advisory sentencing guidelines. But in November, hethat required Chief U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Beaverstock to sentence him from zero to 18 months in prison.
The judge also ordered Hansen to forfeit 300 firearms and 50 devices that prosecutors contended – but the defense disputed – were silencers. Court records indicate that Hansen had been under federal investigation since April 2021, when the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives began looking into reports that he was selling firearms at gun shows and other venues. ATF agents tracked Hansen as the traveled to gun shows in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana from Oct. 4, 2021, to February of last year.
A multi-agency gang unit in Memphis recovered a gun in December 2021 that Hansen had sold, according to the plea agreement.
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