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Pick’s military service didn’t dissuade the judge from handing down a harsh sentence. (Photo: Alfred Pick’s Facebook<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n

A Vietnam veteran and Silver Star recipient has been sentenced by a federal judge to 87 months in prison for illegally purchasing a fully automatic M14 rifle at a Fort Worth gun show in the early 1980\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Alfred Pick, 70, lives in Plano, TX., and purchased the rifle because it was similar to the one he carried in combat. Pick conducted more than 100 combat missions and spent time in a POW camp before being awarded the U.S. military\u2019s third-highest honor for valor in combat.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis gun was very rare at that time it was rare to see one so he instantly had a connection to it,\u201d Pick\u2019s attorney, Ryne Sandel, told CBS station KTVT<\/a>. \u201cOver the course of his life he and his wife and collected about 14 weapons, many of them were collector\u2019s items.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was a gun collector and it was probably the\u00a0piece de resistance<\/em>\u00a0of his collection\u2026 he had shown it to me. I\u2019ve never seen it taken it out of the case,\u201d Pick\u2019s friend, Mark Shackelford, added to KTVT. \u201cHe\u2019s had it all these years never robbed a bank or done anything with it. Somebody that made one mistake and now 50 years later, he\u2019s paying a really big price for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO:\u00a0Vietnam Veteran Who Was Shot by Police While Defending his Grandson Given a Hero\u2019s Burial<\/a><\/h2>\n

But U.S. Attorneys brought Pick to court on more than just owning an automatic rifle with a scratched-out serial number. According to KTVT, police had been called on several occasions when Pick physically and verbally abused medical staff and patrons at hospitals and restaurants in recent years. In one altercation, he brandished a handgun in a restaurant parking lot.<\/p>\n

His daughter also accused him of sexually abusing her from when she was four years old until the age of 17. She said her father took nude photos of her to \u201cchart her growth\u201d and sexually assaulted her.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, there was a lot more to the sentence that was received \u2013 a sentence that Mr. Pick and his lawyer agreed to \u2013 than a single gun with a missing serial number,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown.\u00a0 \u201cAlthough Mr. Pick was a decorated veteran, he would use that status routinely to try to excuse his repeated criminal behavior. This was also not a mental health issue. It became a public safety issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO:\u00a0Iraq combat Veteran Convicted of NY SAFE Act Violation, Avoids Jail Time<\/a><\/h2>\n

Pick pled guilty to the weapons charge, but his attorney argued that his military service and the length of time since he purchased the firearm warranted a lighter sentence.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a really remarkable man to be honest,\u201d said Sandel. \u201cI do think it\u2019s unfortunate for a gentleman like Alfred that\u2019s had such an outstanding life to have it mired at the age of 70 by this federal felony.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe man is a Silver Star winner, he saved lives, he took care of his wife, he\u2019s been in custody for a year, I would think that when a man turned 70 and is an American hero you don\u2019t destroy the rest of his life for one mistake,\u201d Shackelford added.<\/p>\n

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