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Gun Control & RKBA

sl8

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5. Prohibited persons, per ATF:

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Reply #4)

Sun Oct 11, 2020, 09:30 AM

Oct 2020

Last edited Sun Oct 11, 2020, 10:11 AM - Edit history (1)

https://www.atf.gov/firearms/identify-prohibited-persons

Identify Prohibited Persons

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:

• convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;

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IIRC not all felons are barred from gun ownership discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2020 #4

Prohibited persons, per ATF: sl8 Oct 2020 #5

well... discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2020 #6

Interesting, thanks sl8 Oct 2020 #7

As Orwell said about felons, I mean animals... discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2020 #8

Also, from 18 U.S.C. § 921. Definitions discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2020 #9

Yes, I was not aware of that exemption. sl8 Oct 2020 #10

Most non-violent offenders are still untouchables discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2020 #11