Since you took the time to call out slashdot and ars and even Tiffany Kelly, I thought I'd double-check your work. Thanks for providing the link.
Like you say, the firearm count is a double-your-penalty enhancement.
So I looked up the first count, under 21 USC 841 and it says: "a term of imprisonment which may not be less than 10 years or more than life"
http://www.law.cornell.edu/usc...
Therefore, it is true that the firearm charge could give him an additional life penalty. Your complaint was a misrepresentation to spread more hate.
While the crime defined in 21 USC 841(a). is straightforward, the penalties are wide and varied depending on quantity. None of the reports I've read indicate how big that package was or exactly what it was even. Just that he mailed some agents some drugs and got caught with others in the post office. The indictment doesn't specify either. Maybe the author had other details she didn't share? Or it seems more likely she embellished to get clicks. I don't feel the least bit like I'm spreading hate. We're talking about a significant tidbit in an article published by a staff editor at a big news site. It's not just billy bob's blog here.
Also amusing is the list of items he will forfeit: The Glock 26, a Glock 17, a Mossberg .22, Smith & Wesson M&P 15 ( http://www.smith-wesson.com/we... [smith-wesson.com] ) and a Keltec PF-9.
I'm honestly surprised that he would carry one the Glocks to the post office, instead of the PF-9 which is more appropriate for casual protection.
18 USC 930 says you can't carry in a federal facility (e.g. post office). That's not on the indictment, so either he didn't or it's a separate case. I agree, choice to carry the double stack glock vs the single stack pf9 is an odd one...unless you're in an open carry state.
