Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Mark G. Mastroianni sentenced a man from Springfield, Massachusetts, to a term in federal prison on several guns counts, bringing the consequences of his illegal conduct to bear. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, Edward Nathan Gale, 24, pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges including unlawful firearms dealing, unlawful possession of machineguns, and felon in possession of firearms and ammunition. He was sentenced to three years in prison and three years of supervised release.
According to court documents, Gale manufactured and sold about 50 “ghost guns” to people in Kansas and Massachusetts between February 22, 2022, and December 2, 2022. From approximately October 11, 2022, to December 8, 2022, Gale also imported about 100 machinegun conversion devices, or “Glock switches,” from China and distributed about 60 of them, along with other firearms and a silencer, to various locations, including Massachusetts. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, these activities took a significant turn on January 5, 2023, when law enforcement officers conducted a search at Gale’s home and found a variety of weapons, ammo, and other things used in the illicit operations.
The allegations were exacerbated by a previous conviction that bars Gale from owning firearms and ammo, underscoring a broader issue with gun regulation in American culture. “Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy and James M. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Boston Feld Division made the announcement today,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in an official statement outlining the punishment. With assistance from the Massachusetts State Police and the Springfield Police Department, the case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven H. Breslow of the Springfield Branch Office. The actions taken by the authorities demonstrate a sincere commitment to combating the community’s widespread use of illegal modifications and untraceable firearms.
Judge Mastroianni ordered the forfeiture of a variety of objects, including weapons, ammunition, tools and accessories used to make ghost guns, and proof of the importation and distribution of Glock switches. Gale’s illegal weapons manufacturing setup may have been sophisticated, but it ultimately failed him as justice caught up with the operations he so painstakingly set up. The machinegun conversion devices he illegally imported and distributed are intended to turn semi-automatic Glock-style pistols into fully automatic weapons, which is a serious violation of federal law and a threat to public safety.
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