New Federal Gun Rights Restoration Program: What § 925(c) Means in 2026
For more than three decades, the federal relief process written into 18 U.S.C. § 925(c) was effectively unavailable to most applicants. That changed in […]
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Who Can Apply for Federal Firearm Rights Restoration?
The renewed federal firearm-rights restoration program has created a question many people have not been able to ask for decades: can I actually apply? […]
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The § 925(c) Application Checklist: Documents to Gather Before You File
A strong firearm-rights restoration application begins long before the submit button. The new federal process requires records that can take time to locate, especially […]
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Federal Relief vs. State Gun Rights Restoration: Why You May Need Both
A federal firearm-rights decision and a state firearm-rights decision do not always travel together. That is one of the most important concepts to understand […]
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Why Federal Gun Rights Restoration Applications Can Be Presumptively Denied
The 2026 federal firearm-rights restoration rule is not a simple “nonviolent felony” program. DOJ created categories of presumptive disqualification to focus the process on […]
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What Happens After a § 925(c) Gun Rights Restoration Application Is Filed?
Submitting a federal firearm-rights restoration application is the beginning of the review, not the end. Applicants should expect identity verification, record collection, public-safety analysis […]
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Expungement vs. Sealing vs. Set-Aside: What Is the Difference?
People often use “expungement” to mean any process that clears a criminal record. In practice, states use different terms and the legal effect of […]
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Can a Felony Be Expunged? The Eligibility Questions That Matter Most
Whether a felony can be expunged is not answered by the word “felony” alone. Modern record-relief statutes often use a detailed eligibility matrix based […]
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Does Expungement Restore Gun Rights? Not Always—Here’s Why
One of the most dangerous assumptions in record-relief law is that an expunged conviction automatically restores firearm rights. Sometimes a state order changes the […]
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How Long Does an Expungement Take? A Realistic Timeline
Expungement timelines are often advertised as though there were one national answer. There is not. A simple uncontested petition in one court may move […]
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