Federal Firearm Rights Restoration under 18 U.S. Code § 925(c)

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Does anyone know where to download load the application for this

Federal Firearm Rights Restoration under 18 U.S. Code § 925 (c)

My crime was a state conviction. I don't know much about the restoration app however if you all know any info about it please share thanks .
 
Ranger505 said:
Does anyone know where to download load the application for this

Federal Firearm Rights Restoration under 18 U.S. Code § 925 (c)

My crime was a state conviction. I don't know much about the restoration app however if you all know any info about it please share thanks .
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The proposed program is being vetted.

It hasn't been approved or codified, as of today.

However, ANYONE can comment on the proposal. Details as to how to comment are available below, or on the website posted below!


Federal Firearm Rights Restoration under 18 U.S. Code § 925(c)

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Status of the online application form

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Background

A proposed rule has been published in the Federal Register that will allow some people to regain their federal firearm rights. Visit regulations.gov to comment on the proposed rule. The Office of the Pardon Attorney cannot accept comments on this proposed rule via phone or email.

After the final rule is published, we will release an online application. We will announce an update on our website at justice.gov/pardon when the application is ready for use. Until then, we encourage you to submit comments on the proposed rule.

Federal Firearm Rights Restoration Information Page

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Federal Firearm Rights Restoration under 18 U.S. Code § 925(c)

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army judge said:
The proposed program is being vetted.

It hasn't been approved or codified, as of today.

However, ANYONE can comment on the proposal. Details as to how to comment are available below, or on the website posted below!


Federal Firearm Rights Restoration under 18 U.S. Code § 925(c)

Share
right caret


Status of the online application form

Coming soon

Background

A proposed rule has been published in the Federal Register that will allow some people to regain their federal firearm rights. Visit regulations.gov to comment on the proposed rule. The Office of the Pardon Attorney cannot accept comments on this proposed rule via phone or email.

After the final rule is published, we will release an online application. We will announce an update on our website at justice.gov/pardon when the application is ready for use. Until then, we encourage you to submit comments on the proposed rule.

Federal Firearm Rights Restoration Information Page

Contact Us


www.justice.gov

Federal Firearm Rights Restoration under 18 U.S. Code § 925(c)

www.justice.gov www.justice.gov
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Question, if the application hasn't been finalized I wonder how people have been honored there rights back ?
 
Ranger505 said:
Question, if the application hasn't been finalized I wonder how people have been honored there rights back ?
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Possibly, in very rare cases, under the existing system.

Even with the proposed refinements it's still going difficult for a felon to get gun rights restored.

Even if successful, that won't butter any parsnips at the state level.
 
adjusterjack said:
Possibly, in very rare cases, under the existing system.

Even with the proposed refinements it's still going difficult for a felon to get gun rights restored.

Even if successful, that won't butter any parsnips at the state level.
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Understood, I thought on a state level they would honor it ? Was thinking of Mel Gibson case although it was a misdemeanor. That's why I enjoy this forum to learn with out it I have no clue just what I hear online
 
Maybe red states would consider the federal restoration due to the tremendous amount of qualifying an applicant has to go through on the federal level.

Arizona (red), for example, has a restoration program. But it has seldom been used because a felon would still be prohibited under federal law.

You can forget about blue (anti-second amendment) states.

I'm sure there are exceptions.
 
Ranger505 said:
Question, if the application hasn't been finalized I wonder how people have been honored there rights back ?
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The details of the person's situation matter. The for a state law conviction that triggers the federal gun prohibition the most common way federal firearms rights have been restored is by a governor's full and complete pardon that explicitly states it the person's gun rights under state law. Federal law then follows the state's decision. If some other action of state law restores the person's gun rights, that might not help in restoring the person's firearm rights under federal law.

If the conviction was for a violation of federal law, then a full and unconditional presidential pardon will restore the person's federal right to have firearms. The president cannot pardon someone convicted of a state law crime and states are not obligated to restore state gun rights just because the federal government has restored the federal firearms rights.

The bottom line is that to legally own or possess a firearm you must meet the requirements of both federal and state law.

The federal statute that you cited that allowed for restoration of federal gun rights has been in the U.S. Code for many years. But for most of that time the Congress denied the ATF the money needed to implement the program. The ATF will now (apparently) get the money to do that, which is why it is working on the regulation now.
 
adjusterjack said:
I'm sure there are exceptions.
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There are. Referring to a state as red or blue only gives you a sense of which party dominates the politics of that state rather than what the state's positions are on any given issue. There are some states that don't fit neatly into either red or blue, and thus known as purple states. Mine is one of those. Which party gets the most votes in presidential elections in my state depends very much on who the particular candidate is. Bush Jr won the electoral college votes of my state, since then it's gone with democratic candidates but the margins were close in the Obama years. When Trump was on the ticket the vote margins for the democratic candidate was much larger — not because people's view's generally moved more liberal but instead because so many of the votes were anti-Trump rather than pro-Democrat.

When it comes to 2nd Amendment rights my state leans more red. It has a long history of gun ownership, especially for the purpose of hunting, which is quite popular. Indeed, my state's "make may day" law is unique in all the country in permitting a home owner to use lethal force against any intruder in the home without fear of criminal prosecution. (Whether the homeowner might get hit with a civil lawsuit is another matter.) The homeowner need not flee even if there is the opportunity to do so, as some states require. The homeowner need not have any particular reason to fear for his or life, as a number of other states require. It is enough that the person is an intruder in the home. (Thus the joke in my state that if you shoot someone outside the home, drag the body into the house before calling the police.) This law was adopted by a referendum voted on by the people rather than passed by the legislature. The legislature would not pass that law.

All this to say that coloring a state red or blue only goes so far to explain what kind of position its citizens have on any specific issue.
 

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