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If you are prohibited from owning a gun under the Federal Law or

the laws of your state, you may be able to restore your rights.

Perrin Law Office can help you if the conviction that led

to the prohibition was from Wisconsin or Minnesota.

The law in this area is complex and may require an initial retainer to

research options available based on your personal situation.

Call 651 336 5668 or email perrin.shirlene@gmail.com

for your quote.

FEDERAL PROHIBTION

The Gun Control Act (GCA), codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), makes it

unlawful for certain categories of persons to ship, transport, receive,

or possess firearms or ammunition, to include any person:

1. Who is convicted in any court of a crime punishable by

imprisonment for a term exceeding one year.

2. Who is a fugitive from justice; who is an unlawful user of or

addicted to any controlled substance (as defined in section 102 of the

Controlled Substances Act, codified at 21 U.S.C. § 802).

3. Who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or has been

committed to any mental institution.

4. Who is an illegal alien; who has been discharged from the Armed

Forces under dishonorable conditions.

5. Who has renounced his or her United States citizenship.

6. Who is subject to a court order restraining the person from

harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or child of the

intimate partner.

7. Who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime

of domestic violence.

The GCA at 18 U.S.C. § 922(n) also makes it unlawful for any person

under indictment for a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term

exceeding one year to ship, transport, or receive firearms or

ammunition.

Further, the GCA at 18 U.S.C. § 922(d) makes it

unlawful to sell or otherwise dispose of firearms or ammunition to

any person who is prohibited from shipping, transporting, receiving,

or possessing firearms or ammunition.