Firearms Ownership Refresher

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Who Cannot Have a Gun in America?

The Gun Control Act of 1968 prohibits certain people from possessing a firearm. The possession of any firearm by one of these "prohibited persons" is a felony offense. It is also a felony for any person, including a registered Federal Firearms Licensee to sell or otherwise transfer any firearm to a person knowing or having "reasonable cause" to believe that the person receiving the firearm is prohibited from firearm possession. There are nine categories of persons prohibited from possessing firearms under the Gun Control Act:

Persons under indictment for, or convicted of, any crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding on year;
Fugitives from justice;
Persons who are unlawful users of, or addicted to, any controlled substance;
Persons who have been declared by a court as mental defectives or have been committed to a mental institution;
Illegal aliens, or aliens who were admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa;
Persons who have been dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces;
Persons who have renounced their United States citizenship;
Persons subject to certain types of restraining orders; and
Persons who have been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.
With limited exceptions, persons under eighteen years of age are prohibited from possessing handguns.

[Bruce FLinch]

Seems reasonable to me..

[armedandsafe]

Persons who have been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.

I know a couple of people who fall under this one for SHOUTING. I know of one who falls under this because he was out of the country when his (now ex) wife accused him, so didn't show up for the hearing.

Pops

[millwright]

Thanks to the Lautenberg Law that list grew considerably for no valid reason. Many courts issue PFAOs like parking tickets. >MW