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When police searched Allan Parker's house they found 27 guns, many of them loaded.

(Clackamas County Sheriff's Office)

A man with pile of loaded guns and a history of domestic violence was sentenced to seven years in prison Tuesday for assaulting his girlfriend and several weapons violations.

Allan James Parker was convicted by a Clackamas County jury of being a felon in possession of a firearm, unlawful use of a weapon, coercion, menacing and assault.

In April, Parker dragged his girlfriend down the stairs by her hair and days later elbowed her in the mouth as he rode his bicycle along side her and taunted her, said prosecutor Lewis Burkhart.

The girlfriend decided to end the relationship. On April 23, accompanied by her mother, she went to Parker's rural Canby home to get some of her possessions.

She said she found Parker in a bedroom with a pistol pointed under his chin. When her mother approached the room, Parker waved the gun around and screamed at her to get out of the house.

The police were called and a SWAT team responded. Police were especially concerned because he was suicidal and because his girlfriend reported he had a large number of "rifles with scopes, shotguns and pistols," according to a search warrant.

"I believe he definitely intended to get in a shootout with police," Burkhart said.

Allan James Parker

Parker surrendered without incident.

When police searched the house they found 27 guns, many of them loaded.

A deputy testified that investigators found so much ammunition in the house that they could not fit all of it into a patrol car.

Parker told Circuit Judge Heather Karabieka that he did not intend to kill himself or get in a firefight with police.

Parker said the guns belonged to his father, who is in a rehabilitation center. He said the firearms were present while the gun safes where they were stored were being cleaned.

"I've never pointed a gun at anyone, ever," Parker said. "I've never ever owned a gun."

Parker was convicted of domestic violence in 2000 and 2002 and of distribution of meth in 2006. As a felon, he could not legally possess a firearm.

"You've got a bedroom full of guns. You've got guns behind the door," Karabeika said.

And this is the third time you've assaulted one of your girlfriends, Karabeika said.

"There is something very broken in you," Karabeika said. "I've got to protect the public and the police from you."

-- Steve Mayes