Restoration of Gun Rights in Minnesota

Posted by on Feb 28, 2013 in Articles, Featured If you are interested in restoring your gun rights in Minnesota, you must first know what kind of violation you were convicted of. If your conviction was a violent crime, the law will automatically prohibit you from owning or possessing a gun. Generally, it will be the court to decide whether or not your gun rights can be restored. However, you can increase the chances of your restoration if you start sooner than later. Also having a professional law firm to represent you in restoring your rights will undoubtedly help. An attorney will usually file all the forms and represent you in court by opposing the district attorney. It is always better to have an attorney to argue against the district attorney in front of a judge. Another benefit of hiring a Minnesota Gun Rights Restoration Attorney is that you will not be required to show up in court – allowing you to take care of things at home or at work....
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Restore Gun Rights in Minnesota

Posted by on Feb 26, 2013 in If you were convicted of a violent crime in Minnesota, you’ve likely lost your gun or firearm rights. If you have lost your gun rights in Minnesota, you may be eligible to have your firearm rights restored. If you believe their is a good cause to restore your MN gun rights, then call RecordGone.com at 877-573-7273 Minnesota Gun Rights Law, Expunge Minnesota Record 609.165 RESTORATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS; POSSESSION OF FIREARMS. Subdivision 1.Restoration. When a person has been deprived of civil rights by reason of conviction of a crime and is thereafter discharged, such discharge shall restore the person to all civil rights and to full citizenship, with full right to vote and hold office, the same as if such conviction had not taken place, and the order of discharge shall so provide. Subd. 1a.Certain convicted felons ineligible to possess firearms. The order of discharge must provide that a person who has been convicted of a crime of violence, as defined in section 624.712, subdivision 5, is not entitled to ship, transport, possess, or receive a firearm for the remainder of the person’s lifetime. Any person who has received such a discharge and who thereafter has received a relief of disability under United States Code, title 18, section 925, or whose ability to possess firearms has been restored under subdivision 1d, shall not be subject to the restrictions of this subdivision. Subd. 1b.Violation and penalty. (a) Any person who has been convicted of a crime of violence, as defined in section 624.712, subdivision 5, and who ships, transports, possesses, or receives a firearm, commits a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 15 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $30,000, or both. (b) A conviction and sentencing under this section shall be construed to bar a conviction and sentencing for a violation of section 624.713, subdivision 2. (c) The criminal penalty in paragraph (a) does not apply to any person who has received a relief of disability under United States Code, title 18, section 925, or whose ability to possess firearms has been restored under subdivision 1d. Subd. 1c. [Repealed, 1999 c 61 s 2] Subd. 1d.Judicial restoration of ability to possess firearm by felon. A person prohibited by state law from shipping, transporting, possessing, or receiving a firearm because of a conviction or a delinquency adjudication for committing a...
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