U.S. District Judge James Peterson sentenced Thomas Caldwell, who sold dozens of guns without a license on a controversial web site, to about three years in prison
Caldwell, a Vietnam War veteran diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, had been warned by federal authorities to stop the illegal gun sales long before the so-called Baby Glock ended up in the hands of a four-time felon charged in Bauer’s slaying in February.
Caldwell, 68, who had described his gun selling to authorities as an addiction, chose not to address the court before his 37-month prison sentence was imposed. But In court papers filed this week, Caldwell’s attorney, friends and family tried to cast him as a sympathetic figure who suffered from mental illness brought on by his service in Vietnam with the Air Force.