A sentence of 2 years' imprisonment for theft of four firearms (approximately 13% of the 15-year maximum) is within the permissible range where the firearms are unrecovered and circulating in the community, notwithstanding significant mitigatory factors including a disadvantaged background, youth, drug addiction, and mental health conditions engaging the Verdins and Bugmy principles. Comparator sentences involving theft of firearms are of limited utility where the circumstances differ, particularly where in the comparator cases the firearms were recovered.
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