Federal firearm-rights restoration, 18 U.S.C. § 925(c), eligibility, documentation and state-law interaction.
The federal firearm-rights restoration application is not simply asking whether you have a felony. DOJ’s new framework screens applicants for several different types of […]
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People often ask: How many felons in America cannot possess a gun or buy a gun? The number is much larger than the population […]
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The Justice Department has continued adding details to its new Federal Firearm Rights Restoration program. The biggest September 2026 changes are practical: DOJ has […]
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Applicants preparing for the new federal firearm-rights restoration process should resist the temptation to get fingerprints early. DOJ’s current instructions are unusually specific: the […]
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Many people do not just want to restore a legal status on paper. They want to get back to real life, including going hunting […]
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Searches for the new DOJ gun rights restoration application have surged because the federal government has created a functioning application process under 18 U.S.C. […]
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The phrase “federal firearm rights restoration program” suddenly matters again. For decades, most people could point to 18 U.S.C. § 925(c) in the statute […]
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“Can a felon get gun rights back?” is no longer answered only by looking at pardons and state restoration procedures. The renewed federal § […]
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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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People often describe themselves as “off paper” once probation or supervised release ends. Under the new federal firearm-rights restoration rule, that date can be […]
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