GUN RIGHTS RESTORATION

Restore Your Gun Rights

Gun Rights Restoration - Your firearms rights can be denied based upon certain convictions (especially domestic violence, felonies, and drug crimes), the existence of civil protection orders, and other incidents in your past. If you choose to ignore the firearms disability, you are risking criminal prosecution and up to ten years in prison. However, there are often legal processes in place to restore your lost gun rights. Please contact our gun rights restoration lawyers if you have reason to believe that you are prohibited from possessing firearms, and are interested in regaining your Second Amendment rights. We provide gun rights restoration for Ohio, and the entire United States.

You may be deemed to be under a federal firearm disability, and therefore barred from buying a firearm, If any of the following factors apply to you, contact us to learn more about gun rights restoration:

Convictions in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year (Felonies)

Fugitives from justice

Unlawful users of or addicts to any controlled substances

Those adjudicated as a mental defective or who have been committed to a mental institute

One, being an alien, is illegally or unlawfully in the United States or have non-immigrant visas

Dishonorable discharge from the Armed Forces

One who has renounced their citizenship

Convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence (this includes various misdemeanors of violence regardless if termed domestic violence)

Those subject to protection orders or restraining orders.

Protection orders include orders issued during court hearings. This includes agreed entries during a divorce or dissolution whereby an order is entered in the record for a party to refrain from harassing, stalking, or threatening, or other language that restrains one from conduct that would place an intimate partner or their child in reasonable fear of bodily harm.

Restoring Second Amendment Rights in Ohio

Gun rights restoration is a legal mechanism that can alleviate gun possession disabilities from those with felony convictions or other background classification issues. Gun rights restoration is governed by federal and state laws and requires astute maneuvers through the legal system to restore the gun rights of those affected.

Understanding Firearm Disability

In Ohio, a “firearm disability” refers to the prohibition of an individual from owning or even using possessing firearms. This can occur due to various reasons, most commonly as a result of a felony conviction and also certain misdemeanors.

Key Steps in Gun Rights Restoration

Eligibility Check: Ensure that you meet the basic eligibility criteria, such as completing your sentence and having no pending criminal charges.
Application Submission: File a petition with the appropriate governing body. This petition should include details of your conviction, evidence of rehabilitation, and reasons why your firearm rights should be restored.
Hearing: The presentation of your gun rights restoration case. The governing body generally will focus on an individual's rehabilitation, recent behavior, and criminal history.
Decision: After hearing all evidence, and if the court is convinced that said individual is again fit to have their gun rights restored, the court will implement an order to that effect.

Restoration Factors Considered

When deciding whether to restore firearm rights, the court will consider:

The nature and severity of the original offense.
The time elapsed since the conviction.
Other legal irregularities, such as unpaid fines etc.
Evidence of rehabilitation and good behavior.

Gun rights restoration in Ohio requires a clear demonstration of rehabilitation. For those who have shown a commitment to lawful behavior, this process offers a path to reclaiming their Second Amendment rights.

Get Started on Your Gun Rights Restoration Application

If you are ready to take back your 2nd Amendment rights and want to pursue the process of restoring your gun rights, Contact MLG today. Our experienced gun right restoration attorneys can guide you through the process of applying for and obtaining your 2nd amendment liberties guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.

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