> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.bodiesburied.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Federal Firearms Sentences in the District of Nevada, FY2016–2025 - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-firearms-sentences-district-of-nevada/ - Published: 2026-11-04T11:08:43.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-04T11:08:43.000Z - Description: The District of Nevada sentenced 857 people for firearms offenses in fiscal years 2016 to 2025, which is 24% of all 3,640 people sentenced in the district. The median prison term was 30 months, compared with 42 months for firearms cases in all 94 federal districts. Of the 857, 785 (92%) received a p - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Federal [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) › [Federal Sentences in the District of Nevada, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-district-of-nevada/) › Firearms: District of Nevada **In brief:** The District of Nevada sentenced 857 people for firearms offenses in fiscal years 2016 to 2025, which is 24% of all 3,640 people sentenced in the district. The median prison term was 30 months, compared with 42 months for firearms cases in all 94 federal districts. Of the 857, 785 (92%) received a prison term. Updated November 4, 2026 · Sources: U.S. Sentencing Commission and Federal Judicial Center, fiscal years 2016–2025 This post uses the U.S. Sentencing Commission's records of 857 people sentenced in federal court in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. Acquittals and dismissals come from a second source, the Federal Judicial Center's records of 753,808 federal defendants whose cases ended in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. It is part of the [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) series, which builds on [Military Moves Toward Sentencing Guidelines to Mirror the Federal System](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/military-sentencing-guidelines-federal-system/). How the numbers were built: [How the Federal Comparison Data Was Built](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-data-methodology/). ## Firearms Are a Large Share of This District's Cases Firearms cases made up 24% of everyone sentenced in the District of Nevada in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. That is a large share for a single offense type. The median prison term for firearms cases was 30 months, or 2.5 years. The median for all offenses in the district was 33 months. For firearms cases in all districts the median was 42 months, so the Nevada figure was lower. ## Prison, Probation, and the Range of Terms A total of 785 of 857 people (92%) were sent to prison, and 42 (5%) received probation only. In all districts, 94% of people sentenced for firearms offenses went to prison. A quarter of those sent to prison received 51 months or more, and a quarter received 18 months or less. Terms were set by the court at sentencing and are not the time actually served. ## Sentences Against the Guideline Range Information on the guideline range was recorded for 856 people. Of those, 36% (304) were sentenced within the range, and 36% (306) were below it at the government's request. Another 26% (223) were below it without a government request, and 3% (23) were above it. Across all districts, 52% of firearms sentences were within the range. In this district the share for all offenses was 33%. A mandatory minimum prison term applied to 41 people (5%). ## Guilty Pleas and the 21 Trials Guilty pleas accounted for 836 of the 857 cases (98%), and 21 people were convicted after a trial. The rate across all districts was 97%. The median prison term after a guilty plea was 30 months. After a trial it was 87 months, based on 21 people. The comparison describes these groups of cases and does not show how any one case would have ended. Among guilty pleas, 82% had a written plea agreement and 18% were straight pleas. ## What Guidelines Applied and What Followed Prison The U.S. Sentencing Commission assigns an offense type to each case based on its primary guideline. For "Firearms" in this district, §2K2.1 (Unlawful Receipt, Possession, or Transportation of Firearms or Ammunition) applied to 816 people. The other listed guideline was §2K1.3 (Unlawful Receipt, Possession, or Transportation of Explosive Materials), with 4 people. Supervised release was ordered for 776 people (91%), with a median term of 36 months. A fine was ordered for 15 (2%), and restitution for 26 (3%). On criminal history, 15% were in the lowest category, category I, and 26% were in the highest, category VI. Court-martial records have no criminal history field. ## Yearly Counts From 2016 to 2025 Fiscal years 2016 to 2019 had 416 people sentenced, and fiscal years 2020 to 2025 had 441\. A fiscal year begins on October 1 and ends at the end of the following September. The table shows yearly counts from 41 to 115 and yearly medians from 19 months to 42 months. The records show that these figures moved, but they do not show why. | Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty | | ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- | | 2016 | 82 | 42 months | 95% | | 2017 | 105 | 41.5 months | 94% | | 2018 | 115 | 37 months | 97% | | 2019 | 114 | 37 months | 97% | | 2020 | 71 | 21.5 months | 97% | | 2021 | 70 | 19 months | 100% | | 2022 | 115 | 27 months | 100% | | 2023 | 94 | 30 months | 98% | | 2024 | 50 | 31 months | 100% | | 2025 | 41 | 30 months | 100% | ## Installations and Limits Creech AFB and Nellis AFB are installations in this district. Courts-martial are tried in military courts, not in this federal district court, and these numbers do not link any installation to these cases. The data counts only people who were convicted and sentenced. Acquittals and dismissals are not in it, and the records do not show the facts of any case. ### How We Counted Everyone sentenced in federal court in the District of Nevada (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "Nevada") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Firearms" (857). Offense types are the Commission's OFFGUIDE categories. Federal fiscal years run from October 1 to September 30\. No person, judge, or lawyer is identified in any of these records. ### What to Keep in Mind **No parole in federal prison; credit for good conduct.** Federal prison has no parole for crimes committed on or after November 1, 1987\. A federal prisoner can earn up to 54 days of good conduct credit for each year of the sentence the judge imposed, which is about 15%. Some federal prisoners can also earn First Step Act time credits, but many offenses make a person ineligible. The numbers in this post are the sentences judges imposed, not the time people actually served. **Federal supervised release.** Most federal prison sentences are followed by a term of supervised release that the judge sets as part of the sentence. A person who violates it can be sent back to prison. A court-martial cannot sentence anyone to supervision after release. Military parole and mandatory supervised release are decided later by a board, not by the judge at trial. **Who decides the sentence, and under what rules.** Federal judges sentence every federal case. They must calculate the Sentencing Guidelines range, which is advisory, and must impose any mandatory minimum the statute requires unless an exception applies. In courts-martial, the accused could choose sentencing by members until the rules changed. For cases in which every guilty finding is for an offense committed after December 27, 2023, a military judge sentences alone, within sentencing parameters. Courts-martial tried in 2024 and later include both old-rule and new-rule cases, and the data cannot tell them apart. **Time periods.** Federal numbers are by federal fiscal year (October 1 to September 30), based on the sentencing date. The military numbers are by trial date. Neither source has the date of the offense, so a change in law shows up in either data set gradually. **How life sentences and "time served" are counted.** In the federal numbers, a life sentence is counted as 470 months, and any other sentence longer than 470 months is counted as just under 470 months. A sentence of "time served" is counted as one day (0.03 months). Averages are affected by these rules; medians much less. **Mandatory minimum sentences.** Many federal statutes on drugs, images of child exploitation, child sex abuse, and firearms carry mandatory minimum prison terms. The UCMJ has mandatory minimums only for a few offenses (a dishonorable discharge or dismissal for rape and sexual assault, and life for premeditated murder). Federal sentences for these offenses are partly set by Congress, not by the judge. ## Related Analysis - [Military Moves Toward Sentencing Guidelines to Mirror the Federal System](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/military-sentencing-guidelines-federal-system/) (the background article) - [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) (all federal posts) - [How the Federal Comparison Data Was Built](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-data-methodology/) (sources and method) - [Federal Sentences in the District of Nevada, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-district-of-nevada/) (overview) - [Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the District of Nevada, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-trafficking-sentences-district-of-nevada/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Immigration Offense Sentences in the District of Nevada, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-immigration-sentences-district-of-nevada/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the District of Nevada, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-fraud-theft-embezzlement-sentences-district-of-nevada/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Robbery Sentences in the District of Nevada, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-robbery-sentences-district-of-nevada/) (same district, other offense type) - [U.S. Sentencing Commission, Individual Offender Datafiles](https://www.ussc.gov/research/datafiles/commission-datafiles?ref=bodiesburied.com) (source) - [Federal Judicial Center, Integrated Database (criminal defendants)](https://www.fjc.gov/research/idb?ref=bodiesburied.com) (source) **About the author.** Jocelyn C. Stewart is a retired Army JAG with more than 24 years of trying courts-martial and more than 200 jury trials. She hosts *Where All The Bodies Are Buried* and runs the [Law Office of Jocelyn C. Stewart](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/?ref=bodiesburied.com). This analysis is for education and information only. It is not legal advice, and every case is different.