Opinion ID: 197387
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Heading: Support for the enhancement

Text: 21 We review the sentencing court's interpretation of the sentencing guidelines de novo and its factual conclusions, which must be supported by a preponderance of the evidence, for clear error. United States v. Ruiz, 105 F.3d 1492, 1504 (1st Cir.1997). Having concluded that the district court was entitled to rely on all of the facts provided in the PSR, we review its imposition of the four-level enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(5) in light of the facts contained in the PSR. 22 The findings on which the sentencing court relied for the four-level enhancement were supported by the factual statements in the PSR and amply justify the enhancement. See United States v. Van, 87 F.3d 1, 3 (1st Cir.1996) (In the absence of legal error, the district court's ruling will be sustained so long as the information upon which it relied is sufficient to support the findings under a clearly erroneous standard.). According to the PSR, Grant was a drug dealer who used friends and family members to distribute drugs. He indicated to his gopher in the firearms transactions, Rivera, that he needed the firearms to protect him and his associates in connection with the drug operation. These facts alone support the sentencing court's finding that Grant possessed or transferred the firearms with knowledge, intent, or reason to believe that [they] would be used or possessed in connection with another felony. U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(5). We find no error here.