Federal firearm-rights restoration, 18 U.S.C. § 925(c), eligibility, documentation and state-law interaction.
The phrase “presumptive disqualifier” is central to the new federal gun-rights restoration process. It tells applicants how DOJ initially categorizes the risk associated with […]
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The new federal restoration rule repeatedly uses the phrase “extraordinary circumstances,” but that phrase is not a magic label an applicant can simply add […]
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People with nonviolent federal or state felony convictions often ask whether the new DOJ process treats them the same as people convicted of violent […]
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The end of incarceration or supervised release may not be the end of the sentence for purposes of DOJ’s new firearm-rights restoration rule. This […]
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Court records usually receive the most attention in a restoration case, but the new DOJ process also requires two forms of outside verification: character […]
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The search phrase “felon gun rights restoration Texas” reflects a common legal trap: people find Texas Penal Code § 46.04, see the five-year language, […]
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The return of a functioning § 925(c) program makes one old ATF instruction newly important: how does a person with legally restored rights answer […]
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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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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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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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