After more than three decades, DOJ is reopening the federal firearm rights restoration process under 18 U.S.C. § 925(c), with public applications beginning this fall. The post Feds Reopen Rights Restoration After 34-Year Freeze appeared first on The Truth About Guns.
The Department of Justice officially launched its online application portal through the Office of the Pardon Attorney, allowing qualifying individuals with non-violent records to formally petition for the restoration of their federal firearm rights. The program resolves decades of administrative ...
A grant removes only the federal disability covered by the application. It does not cancel an independent state or tribal prohibition, and it does not excuse firearm possession before relief is granted. DOJ says successful applicants will receive a decision letter, the FBI will update NICS, and t...
A Texas federal judge gutted key NFA requirements for suppressors and short-barreled firearms, a second judge struck down the ghost gun rule, and DOJ finalized a gun rights restoration pathway. This week's digest explains what changed, what didn't, and how FFLs should respond.
A key firearms law lapsed, ghost gun rules fell in court, DOJ opened a rights-restoration path, and direct-to-home shipping surfaced as a quiet margin threat. Fred Thompson's Friday digest for FFL dealers.
Millions of Americans who lost their gun rights may finally have a real path to getting them back. The post DOJ Creates New Process For Restoration Of Federal Gun Rights For Nonviolent Offenders appeared first on The Truth About Guns.
Final rule protects Second Amendment rights while keeping firearms out of the hands of dangerous individuals From the Office of the Attorney General (full rule here, full text from Justice department below) As one of his first actions as Attorney General, Todd Blanche today finalized a federal re...
Attorney General Todd Blanche finalized a rule creating an online portal for non-violent felons to petition to restore gun rights. Read the original story: SAF Sued Over Lifetime Gun Bans for Non-Violent Felons. The Justice Department Just Built the Application Portal.
The Justice Department has finalized a long-awaited process allowing eligible Americans to seek restoration of their federal firearm rights. Applications will open in stages, and questions remain about consistency, transparency, and whether the program will survive a future administration.
The Justice Department is reopening the federal firearm-rights restoration process after more than 30 years. The final rule establishes application requirements, presumptive disqualifications, judicial review, and a marijuana exception following the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. ...