August 1, 1995

                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT











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        No. 95-1109



                                    UNITED STATES,



                                      Appellee,



                                          v.



                                    ERIC HOPKINS,



                                Defendant, Appellant.



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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                        FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND



                [Hon. Raymond J. Pettine, Senior U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                                Selya, Cyr and Boudin,

                                   Circuit Judges.
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            Robert D. Oster and Oster & Sawyer on brief for appellant.
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            Sheldon  Whitehouse,   United  States  Attorney,   and  Gerald  B.
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        Sullivan, Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.
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                 Per Curiam.  We have carefully reviewed the record.  For
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            the  reasons stated by  the district court  at sentencing and



            the  government in its appellate brief, the court did not err



            in concluding that the pistol was "used or possessed . . . in



            connection with another felony offense."  USSG   2K2.1(b)(5).



            That the gun could  reasonably be viewed as having  "had some



            potential  emboldening role  in .  . .  defendant's felonious



            conduct"  is enough.  United  States v. Routon,  25 F.3d 815,
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            819 (9th Cir. 1994).



                 The judgment is summarily affirmed.  Loc. R. 27.1.