Benjamin David GoldbergCriminal Defense AttorneyMarietta, GA ·
Unless you get your gun rights restored, you can't possess a firearm if you have a felony conviction. However, a third DUI wouldn't be a felony. Could it be that you were convicted of being a habitual violator? Call me at 404-985-9772 to discuss your situation. There may be a way to get your gun rights restored.
Federal law prohibits gun possession by any of the following groupings of people. This is true no matter what the law in your particular state says: (1) Convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year; (2) Fugitive from justice; (3) Unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance; (4) Adjudicated as mentally defective or has been committed to a mental institution; (5) Alien illegally or unlawfully in the United States or an alien admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa; (6) Discharged from the US military by dishonorable conditions; (7) A former citizen of the United States who has renounced US citizenship; (8) Subject to a court order that restrains the person from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or child of such intimate partner; or (9) Convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence .... Cannot lawfully receive, possess, ship, or transport a firearm. If your convictions fall into any of these groupings, as a practical matter under federal law, you can never legally own a gun again no matter what your state law says.
So before some lawyer tries to convince you to dig up a long lost file, file a form, pay a fee and go to court, make sure you understand that federal law must be followed by all 50 states.
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