> ## 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 2024 - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-guideline-2k2-5-possession-of-firearm-or-dangerous-weapon-in-fy2024/ - Published: 2026-11-04T10:58:20.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-04T10:58:20.000Z - Description: In fiscal year 2024, the median prison term under §2K2.5 was 18.7 months for the 6 of 12 people (50%) who were sent to prison. 5 people (42%) received probation only. 9 sentences (75%) were within the guideline range, and 3 (25%) were above it. - 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: FY2024 **In brief:** In fiscal year 2024, the median prison term under §2K2.5 was 18.7 months for the 6 of 12 people (50%) who were sent to prison. 5 people (42%) received probation only. 9 sentences (75%) were within the guideline range, and 3 (25%) were above it. 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 2024\. 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/). ## A Median Prison Term of 18.7 Months For fiscal year 2024, the data shows 12 people sentenced where §2K2.5 was the primary guideline. 6 (50%) received a prison term, and 5 (42%) received probation only, with no prison or other confinement. The median prison term among the 6 was 18.7 months. A quarter of them received 12 months or less, and a quarter received 51.3 months or more. The prior year, fiscal year 2023, had a median of 18.5 months, which is about the same. 6 people (50%) were ordered to serve supervised release after prison, with a median term of 30 months. ## Position Against the Guideline Range 9 of the 12 sentences (75%) were within the range, and 3 (25%) were above it. None was below the range. A mandatory minimum prison term applied to 0 of the 12 people. Fiscal year 2023 had 52% within the range. All years from 2016 to 2025 had 73%, so 2024 was about the same as the full period. ## All 12 Pleaded Guilty 12 of 12 people (100%) pleaded guilty, and none was convicted after a trial. 83% of the guilty pleas had a written plea agreement and 17% were straight pleas. Cases that ended in acquittal or dismissal were not counted. ## Money Orders and Criminal History A fine was ordered for 1 person (8%). Restitution was ordered for 0 (0%). 75% of the people were in the lowest criminal history category, category I, and 0% were in the highest, category VI. There is no matching field in court-martial records. ## Fiscal Year 2024 Against the Longer Record Fiscal year 2024 ran from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024\. Over fiscal years 2016 to 2025, 132 people were sentenced under this guideline. 59% were sent to prison, the median prison term was 11.2 months, and 98% pleaded guilty. The 2024 median was higher than 11.2 months. For all guidelines in fiscal year 2024, 61,678 people were sentenced. The median prison term was 30 months, 97% pleaded guilty, and 46% of sentences were within the range. The table shows the count, median, and plea share for every year, including 21 people in 2023 and 9 in 2025. | 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 | ## Limits on What This Shows The full Manual title of §2K2.5 is "Possession of Firearm or Dangerous Weapon in Federal Facility; Possession or Discharge of Firearm in School Zone." It sits in the Firearms offense type. With 6 people sent to prison, the median rests on a small group. The records do not give the facts of any case or the reasons for the sentences that were imposed. Because the crosswalk has no close court-martial match, the post stays with federal figures. ### How We Counted Everyone sentenced in federal court in fiscal year 2024 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 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.