Marantz4250b
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Thanks for that. I had a feeling that that was the case.Under federal law, she is prohibited from possessing a firearm because she is a felon. So as long as that felony remains on her record she is a prohibited person. She could later petition to reduce that felony but that is extremely unlikely to be granted and even if it is, the BATFE still may consider her prohibited.
To be honest, when you look at this from the general point of US gun ownership rights and suchlike, it actually seems surprisingly harsh. Being a convicted felon doesn't necessarily mean you are violent or committed a crime of violence and, from the below link, you only need to be sentenced to one year on imprisonment. Over here you have to have been sentenced to at least three years to be lifetime prohibited.
I'm quite frankly amazed that something like that hasn't been challenged to death by the likes of the NRA. Or maybe it has?
Firearms Restrictions | U.S. Probation Office, District of Nevada.
Anyone who has been convicted of a felony is banned by federal law from ever possessing "any firearm or ammunition." Specifically a person "convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year" cannot possess any firearm in any location. 18 U.S.C. 922(g) is the federal law that prohibits anyone ever convicted of any felony to ever possess any firearm either inside or outside of his home.