As a felon I can not own a gun. I've never really wanted one.

[airplanemechanic]

If you have not fucked up for five years the state of Washington restores your gun rights.
The state of Ohio allows the return of gun rights after one year of being trouble free.

That is not true. That is only for some state crimes. Anything federal and you lose you gun rights for life, sans a pardon from the president of the United States.

People think that felons can get their gun rights back for any felony that doesn't get them life in prison. That is so not true. There are two types of felonies, state and federal. Only some state felonies can you ever see your gun rights again. NO federal felonies will every qualify for gun rights restoration.

Pretty sad for someone who is found guilty of a federal crime who was innocent and the felony was non-violent, like embezzling money or something to lose gun rights FOR LIFE. But it happens.

I was not aware of the difference in felonies.

Yep, that's why they have county courthouses (in my state parish courthouses) and federal courthouses.

When you hear about someone being investigated by the FBI, they will be charged with a federal crime if they are charged with something. If they are being investigated by a state agency, most likely they will be indicted on a state crime.

For instance, lets take a sex crime. Child molestation is a state crime. Child pornography, assuming the images were downloaded over the internet, is a federal crime because they say that the image crossed state lines in being downloaded.

Selling drugs on the street corner is a state crime, selling drugs using interstate commerce is a federal crime.

The day you get off probation/parole in Louisiana you get your voting rights back. No matter what kind of felony you were convicted of.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Mine were state

Also, have you looked into a certificate of rehabilitation? You can use that for your expungement too.

This isn't a Nazi run country (yet)

If you've been a law abiding citizen for decades, you can get your rights back.

I got my voting rights back after completing parole. Some states don't even allow that. I feel lucky to an extent.

You shouldn't feel lucky to have rights. You've been a decent, responsible person for decades. Go take your rights back. Spend an hour at the courthouse and file a couple forms. It can't hurt.

Bruh, I feel lucky to be alive after the bullshit I pulled. I feel lucky to be free. I feel lucky to have my kids. I feel crazy lucky to have such a fun grandson. I feel lucky to have met the people I did after I got out that helped guide me back to the right path.
I wish I could help others like me but the risk of hiring ex felons to work in high end homes while the customer is gone all day scares me to death.

So go tell the government that you're on the right path. I literally went up to a clerk's window and said something like "hey, do you know anything about expungement?" And then they told me what to do, I filled out a couple papers, got fingerprinted, and scheduled a hearing. When the Judge expunged my record, he acted like it was the most boring thing in the world and that he'd done it a million times. I think I had to stand up and say "present," or something like that, and then I walked out.

Ask for an expungement, ask for a certificate of rehabilitation, ask for your records to be sealed... whatever. Some of the people you hire to work in high end homes while the customer is gone might be ex felons who did what I'm telling you to do.

 

[airplanemechanic]

As a felon you can't have a FIREARM, but you can own a gun. What kind of gun? An airgun. Now before you think to yourself "BB gun" they have 50 caliber air guns used to take bison and those are perfectly legal for a felon to own. They also have semi-auto 9mm airguns that can be used for hunting or self defense. With compressed air pressure as high as 4500psi, these guns are very deadly but since they aren't firearms, they aren't banned or regulated in any way.

They are the untalked about guns that felons can own. Legally.

Here is a .357 bullpup design. Repeater, not semi-auto. $800.00 gun. 800fps with a 145 grain bullet. That's deadly in a home-defense situation in anyones eyes. And it's got a pictinny rail for scopes, etc.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Mine were state

Also, have you looked into a certificate of rehabilitation? You can use that for your expungement too.

This isn't a Nazi run country (yet)

If you've been a law abiding citizen for decades, you can get your rights back.

I got my voting rights back after completing parole. Some states don't even allow that. I feel lucky to an extent.

You shouldn't feel lucky to have rights. You've been a decent, responsible person for decades. Go take your rights back. Spend an hour at the courthouse and file a couple forms. It can't hurt.

Bruh, I feel lucky to be alive after the bullshit I pulled. I feel lucky to be free. I feel lucky to have my kids. I feel crazy lucky to have such a fun grandson. I feel lucky to have met the people I did after I got out that helped guide me back to the right path.
I wish I could help others like me but the risk of hiring ex felons to work in high end homes while the customer is gone all day scares me to death.

So go tell the government that you're on the right path. I literally went up to a clerk's window and said something like "hey, do you know anything about expungement?" And then they told me what to do, I filled out a couple papers, got fingerprinted, and scheduled a hearing. When the Judge expunged my record, he acted like it was the most boring thing in the world and that he'd done it a million times. I think I had to stand up and say "present," or something like that, and then I walked out.

Ask for an expungement, ask for a certificate of rehabilitation, ask for your records to be sealed... whatever. Some of the people you hire to work in high end homes while the customer is gone might be ex felons who did what I'm telling you to do.

If you don't mind me asking what severity were your crimes? If you don' want to share that' cool too.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Fyi I don't live in the state I was convicted in. I presume I would have to go back to that state?
Also the lawyer I spoke to told me I only get one shot at it. If denied I can not apply again.

 

[airplanemechanic]

Yes you have to go back to the state you were convicted in, in the district you were convicted in. Usually even by the judge who convicted you if he's still alive.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Also, have you looked into a certificate of rehabilitation? You can use that for your expungement too.

This isn't a Nazi run country (yet)

If you've been a law abiding citizen for decades, you can get your rights back.

I got my voting rights back after completing parole. Some states don't even allow that. I feel lucky to an extent.

You shouldn't feel lucky to have rights. You've been a decent, responsible person for decades. Go take your rights back. Spend an hour at the courthouse and file a couple forms. It can't hurt.

Bruh, I feel lucky to be alive after the bullshit I pulled. I feel lucky to be free. I feel lucky to have my kids. I feel crazy lucky to have such a fun grandson. I feel lucky to have met the people I did after I got out that helped guide me back to the right path.
I wish I could help others like me but the risk of hiring ex felons to work in high end homes while the customer is gone all day scares me to death.

So go tell the government that you're on the right path. I literally went up to a clerk's window and said something like "hey, do you know anything about expungement?" And then they told me what to do, I filled out a couple papers, got fingerprinted, and scheduled a hearing. When the Judge expunged my record, he acted like it was the most boring thing in the world and that he'd done it a million times. I think I had to stand up and say "present," or something like that, and then I walked out.

Ask for an expungement, ask for a certificate of rehabilitation, ask for your records to be sealed... whatever. Some of the people you hire to work in high end homes while the customer is gone might be ex felons who did what I'm telling you to do.

If you don't mind me asking what severity were your crimes? If you don' want to share that' cool too.

It was a misdemeanor. Driving on a suspended license. So not bad. But it's been decades for you. If it still affects you, then stop it from affecting you.

 

[airplanemechanic]

Getting a misdemeanor expunged is nothing compared to a felony.