United States v. James Douglas Ross

James Douglas Ross appeals a supervised release condition imposed following his conviction for violating 18 U.S.C. § 924 (a)(1)(A), making a false statement or representation regarding the acquisition of a firearm. We affirm.

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Ross was administratively separated from the United States Army by summary court-martial when he was caught trying to mail a submachine gun from Iraq to his father’s home in Spokane, Washington. Military Police found a cache of white supremacist paraphernalia and several weapons hidden behind ceiling tiles in Ross’s military quarters. After his discharge, a Spokane County Sheriffs Office deputy saw Ross passing out flyers produced by The National Alliance, a neo-Nazi/white supremacist organization that advocates race hatred, anti-Semitism, and the overthrow of the United States government. The National Alliance also owns a company that distributes “white power” music CDs and a video game called “Ethnic Cleansing.” Ross visited a website which functions as an online community for white supremacists and has a chatroom where he had discussions about weapons, one of which Ross eventually bought for a confidential informant knowing that the informant was a…