> ## 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. # §2K2.5 Possession of Firearm or Dangerous Weapon in Federal Facility: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2022 - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-guideline-2k2-5-possession-of-firearm-or-dangerous-weapon-in-fy2022/ - Published: 2026-11-04T10:58:18.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-04T10:58:18.000Z - Description: In fiscal year 2022, 10 of the 12 people (83%) sentenced under §2K2.5 received prison, and the median prison term was 13.9 months. 4 sentences (33%) were above the guideline range, and 7 (58%) were within it. All 12 pleaded guilty. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Federal [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) › [§2K2.5 Possession of Firearm or Dangerous Weapon in Federal ](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-guideline-2k2-5-possession-of-firearm-or-dangerous-weapon-in/) › §2K2.5: FY2022 **In brief:** In fiscal year 2022, 10 of the 12 people (83%) sentenced under §2K2.5 received prison, and the median prison term was 13.9 months. 4 sentences (33%) were above the guideline range, and 7 (58%) were within it. All 12 pleaded guilty. 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 12 people sentenced in federal court in fiscal year 2022\. 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/). ## Prison Terms Under §2K2.5 in Fiscal Year 2022 Commission files list 12 people whose sentencing in fiscal year 2022 was driven by §2K2.5 as the primary guideline. 10 of them (83%) received a prison term, and 2 (17%) received probation only, with no prison or other confinement. The median prison term was 13.9 months. A quarter of those sent to prison received 7.5 months or less, and a quarter received 45 months or more. 9 people (75%) were ordered to serve supervised release after prison, with a median term of 24 months. The share sent to prison was higher than in fiscal year 2021, when 4 of 10 people received prison. It was also higher than the 59% for all years from 2016 to 2025. ## Where the Sentences Fell Against the Range 7 of the 12 sentences (58%) were within the guideline range. 4 (33%) were above it, and 1 (8%) was below it at the government's request. None was below the range without a government request. For comparison, fiscal year 2021 had 90% within the range and fiscal year 2023 had 52%. All years from 2016 to 2025 had 73% within the range. ## Pleas and Agreements 12 of 12 people (100%) pleaded guilty, and none was convicted after a trial. 92% of the guilty pleas had a written plea agreement and 8% were straight pleas. A mandatory minimum prison term applied to 0 of the 12 people. The files hold no information on acquittals or dismissals. ## Fines, Restitution, and Criminal History No fine was ordered (0), and no restitution was ordered (0). 25% of the people were in the lowest criminal history category, category I, and 25% were in the highest, category VI. Court-martial records have no field for this measure. ## The Wider Federal Numbers for 2022 Fiscal year 2022 ran from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022\. For every guideline combined, 64,142 people were sentenced. The median prison term was 30 months, 97% pleaded guilty, and 42% of sentences were within the range. Over fiscal years 2016 to 2025, 132 people were sentenced under §2K2.5, with a median prison term of 11.2 months and 98% guilty pleas. The 2022 median of 13.9 months was higher than 11.2 months. The next fiscal year, 2023, had 21 people and a median prison term of 18.5 months, as the table shows. | Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty | | ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- | | 2016 | 10 | 7.3 months | 100% | | 2017 | 12 | 10.5 months | 100% | | 2018 | 12 | 10.8 months | 92% | | 2019 | 17 | 5 months | 94% | | 2020 | 17 | 12 months | 100% | | 2021 | 10 | 5.5 months | 100% | | 2022 | 12 | 13.9 months | 100% | | 2023 | 21 | 18.5 months | 100% | | 2024 | 12 | 18.7 months | 100% | | 2025 | 9 | 10 months | 9 of 9 | ## Cautions About a Group of 12 The Manual title of §2K2.5 is "Possession of Firearm or Dangerous Weapon in Federal Facility; Possession or Discharge of Firearm in School Zone." The offense type used for these cases is Firearms. A group of 12 is small, and 1 person is 8% of it. The records do not show the facts of any case or the reasons for any sentence. No court-martial offense in the approved crosswalk matches this guideline closely, so no military comparison is made. ### How We Counted Everyone sentenced in federal court in fiscal year 2022 whose primary sentencing guideline was §2K2.5 (12), U.S. Sentencing Commission individual data files. The primary guideline is the one that set the offense level for the most serious count. 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. ## 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) - [§2K2.5 Possession of Firearm or Dangerous Weapon in Federal Facility: Federal Sentences, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-guideline-2k2-5-possession-of-firearm-or-dangerous-weapon-in/) (overview) - [§2K2.5 Possession of Firearm or Dangerous Weapon in Federal Facility: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2021](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-guideline-2k2-5-possession-of-firearm-or-dangerous-weapon-in-fy2021/) (previous or next fiscal year) - [§2K2.5 Possession of Firearm or Dangerous Weapon in Federal Facility: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2023](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-guideline-2k2-5-possession-of-firearm-or-dangerous-weapon-in-fy2023/) (previous or next fiscal year) - [How Often Federal Judges Sentence Outside the Guideline Range](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-sentences-outside-guideline-range/) - [Mandatory Minimums: How Many Federal Sentences Are Set by Congress](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-mandatory-minimum-sentences/) - [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.