You can quit with the childish and condescending ad hominem attacks -- it's not helping your cause or substantiating your claims in any way. I'm in my 30s, I work in the legal system (and am researching, with peer-review publications, criminal justice reform, so you can stop adding credentials to your resume as if working for a company that does contract work for the government, along with your DUI, gives you some kind of supreme knowledge), and have been through the process myself as well on numerous occasions. I wouldn't be where I am today if your original comment contained any truth. Stop spreading misinformation, it's dangerous, and you're wrong, and had I read this years ago I'd have thought I was screwed and given up, rather than going on to get a multitude of degrees and work directly within the legal system for a government that does federal background and security checks. You can literally disprove your argument with a 20 second search on your search engine of choice

For instance: yes, obviously a federal, and/or violent crime that results in a felony conviction is a different story regarding something like firearms; but you told people that they are essentially fucked even over a misdemeanor, DUI, or non-violent felony, when any one of those can have a clean record, even obtain a firearm, through a number of processes, most typically expungement, which is all my initial response claimed before you lost your mind. Telling people they are fucked over any arrest and conviction, won't be able to get any job, and that they should essentially accept that and be hopeless, is fucked up and dangerous misinformation. My initial response to your comment made quite clear that I was clarifying, anyone can have an arrest and conviction expunged, and if you have had your conviction expunged or sealed, and an employer (or anyone) asks if you've ever been convicted of a crime, you are legally entitled to answer "no.":

People with convictions in any court, of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, are subject to the prohibition on possession of firearms under federal law, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and to additional prohibitions under the laws of the several states. Persons convicted of domestic violence offenses also lose firearms rights. § 922(g)(9). The statutory mechanism for relief from federal firearms dispossession, § 925(c), has not been funded since 1993. See United States v. Bean, 537 U.S. 71, 75 (2002). People with state convictions may avoid the federal bar if their convictions are pardoned, set-aside, or expunged, or if their civil rights have been restored, unless the relief “expressly provides” that they “may not” possess firearms. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 921(a)(20), (a)(33). Automatic restoration of civil rights is effective to remove federal gun dispossession, see Caron v. United States, 524 U.S. 308 (1998)

No, an arrest at a protest is not going to screw these people over for life. Ask any number of politicians, lawyers, even judges, among others, that were arrested in protests and even riots during the civil rights era**

You can quit with the childish and condescending ad hominem attacks -- it's not helping your cause or substantiating your claims in any way. I'm in my 30s, I work in the legal system (and am researching, with peer-review publications, criminal justice reform, so you can stop adding credentials to your resume as if working for a company that does contract work for the government, along with your DUI, gives you some kind of supreme knowledge), and have been through the process myself as well on numerous occasions. I wouldn't be where I am today if your original comment contained any truth. Stop spreading misinformation, it's dangerous, and you're wrong, and had I read this years ago I'd have thought I was screwed and given up, rather than going on to get a multitude of degrees and work directly within the legal system for a government that does federal background and security checks. You can literally disprove your argument with a 20 second search on your search engine of choice

For instance: yes, obviously a federal, and/or violent crime that results in a felony conviction is a different story regarding something like firearms; but you told people that they are essentially fucked even over a misdemeanor, DUI, or non-violent felony, when any one of those can have a clean record, even obtain a firearm, through a number of processes, most typically expungement, which is all my initial response claimed before you lost your mind. Telling people they are fucked over any arrest and conviction, won't be able to get any job, and that they should essentially accept that and be hopeless, is fucked up and dangerous misinformation:

People with convictions in any court, of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, are subject to the prohibition on possession of firearms under federal law, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and to additional prohibitions under the laws of the several states. Persons convicted of domestic violence offenses also lose firearms rights. § 922(g)(9). The statutory mechanism for relief from federal firearms dispossession, § 925(c), has not been funded since 1993. See United States v. Bean, 537 U.S. 71, 75 (2002). People with state convictions may avoid the federal bar if their convictions are pardoned, set-aside, or expunged, or if their civil rights have been restored, unless the relief “expressly provides” that they “may not” possess firearms. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 921(a)(20), (a)(33). Automatic restoration of civil rights is effective to remove federal gun dispossession, see Caron v. United States, 524 U.S. 308 (1998)

No, an arrest at a protest is not going to screw these people over for life. Ask any number of politicians, lawyers, even judges, among others, that were arrested in protests and even riots during the civil rights era**

You can quit with the childish and condescending ad hominem attacks -- it's not helping your cause or substantiating your claims in any way. I'm in my 30s, I work in the legal system (and am researching, with peer-review publications, criminal justice reform, so you can stop adding credentials to your resume), and have been through the process myself as well on numerous occasions. I wouldn't be where I am today if your original comment contained any truth. Stop spreading misinformation, it's dangerous, and you're wrong, and had I read this years ago I'd have thought I was screwed and given up, rather than going on to get a multitude of degrees and work directly within the legal system for a government that does federal background and security checks. You can literally disprove your argument with a 20 second search on your search engine of choice

For instance: yes, obviously a federal, and/or violent crime that results in a felony conviction is a different story regarding something like firearms; but you told people that they are essentially fucked even over a misdemeanor, DUI, or non-violent felony, when any one of those can have a clean record, even obtain a firearm, through a number of processes, most typically expungement, which is all my initial response claimed before you lost your mind. Telling people they are fucked over any arrest and conviction, won't be able to get any job, and that they should essentially accept that and be hopeless, is fucked up and dangerous misinformation:

People with convictions in any court, of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, are subject to the prohibition on possession of firearms under federal law, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and to additional prohibitions under the laws of the several states. Persons convicted of domestic violence offenses also lose firearms rights. § 922(g)(9). The statutory mechanism for relief from federal firearms dispossession, § 925(c), has not been funded since 1993. See United States v. Bean, 537 U.S. 71, 75 (2002). People with state convictions may avoid the federal bar if their convictions are pardoned, set-aside, or expunged, or if their civil rights have been restored, unless the relief “expressly provides” that they “may not” possess firearms. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 921(a)(20), (a)(33). Automatic restoration of civil rights is effective to remove federal gun dispossession, see Caron v. United States, 524 U.S. 308 (1998)

No, an arrest at a protest is not going to screw these people over for life. Ask any number of politicians, lawyers, even judges, among others, that were arrested in protests and even riots during the civil rights era**

You can quit with the childish and condescending ad hominem attacks -- it's not helping your cause or substantiating your claims in any way. I'm in my 30s, I work in the legal system (and am researching, with peer-review publications, criminal justice reform, so you can stop adding credentials to your resume), and have been through the process myself as well on numerous occasions. I wouldn't be where I am today if your original comment contained any truth. Stop spreading misinformation, it's dangerous, and you're wrong, and had I read this years ago I'd have thought I was screwed and given up, rather than going on to get a multitude of degrees and work directly within the legal system for a government that does federal background and security checks. You can literally disprove your argument with a 20 second search on your search engine of choice

For instance: yes, obviously a federal, and/or violent crime that results in a felony conviction is a different story regarding something like firearms; but you told people that they are essentially fucked even over a misdemeanor, DUI, or non-violent felony, when any one of those can have a clean record, even obtain a firearm, through a number of processes, most typically expungement, which is all my initial response claimed before you lost your mind. Telling people they are fucked over any arrest and conviction and that they should essentially accept that and be hopeless is fucked up and dangerous misinformation:

People with convictions in any court, of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, are subject to the prohibition on possession of firearms under federal law, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and to additional prohibitions under the laws of the several states. Persons convicted of domestic violence offenses also lose firearms rights. § 922(g)(9). The statutory mechanism for relief from federal firearms dispossession, § 925(c), has not been funded since 1993. See United States v. Bean, 537 U.S. 71, 75 (2002). People with state convictions may avoid the federal bar if their convictions are pardoned, set-aside, or expunged, or if their civil rights have been restored, unless the relief “expressly provides” that they “may not” possess firearms. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 921(a)(20), (a)(33). Automatic restoration of civil rights is effective to remove federal gun dispossession, see Caron v. United States, 524 U.S. 308 (1998)

No, an arrest at a protest is not going to screw these people over for life. Ask any number of politicians, lawyers, even judges, among others, that were arrested in protests and even riots during the civil rights era**

You can quit with the childish and condescending ad hominem attacks -- it's not helping your cause or substantiating your claims in any way. I'm in my 30s, I work in the legal system (and am researching, with peer-review publications, criminal justice reform, so you can stop adding credentials to your resume), and have been through the process myself as well on numerous occasions. Stop spreading misinformation, it's dangerous, and you're wrong, and had I read this years ago I'd have thought I was screwed and given up, rather than going on to get a multitude of degrees and work directly within the legal system for a government that does federal background and security checks. You can literally disprove your argument with a 20 second search on your search engine of choice

For instance: yes, obviously a federal, and/or violent crime that results in a felony conviction is a different story regarding something like firearms; but you told people that they are essentially fucked even over a misdemeanor, DUI, or non-violent felony, when any one of those can have a clean record, even obtain a firearm, through a number of processes, most typically expungement, which is all my initial response claimed before you lost your mind. Telling people they are fucked over any arrest and conviction and that they should essentially accept that and be hopeless is fucked up and dangerous misinformation:

People with convictions in any court, of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, are subject to the prohibition on possession of firearms under federal law, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and to additional prohibitions under the laws of the several states. Persons convicted of domestic violence offenses also lose firearms rights. § 922(g)(9). The statutory mechanism for relief from federal firearms dispossession, § 925(c), has not been funded since 1993. See United States v. Bean, 537 U.S. 71, 75 (2002). People with state convictions may avoid the federal bar if their convictions are pardoned, set-aside, or expunged, or if their civil rights have been restored, unless the relief “expressly provides” that they “may not” possess firearms. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 921(a)(20), (a)(33). Automatic restoration of civil rights is effective to remove federal gun dispossession, see Caron v. United States, 524 U.S. 308 (1998)

No, an arrest at a protest is not going to screw these people over for life. Ask any number of politicians, lawyers, even judges, among others, that were arrested in protests and even riots during the civil rights era**

You can quit with the ad hominem attacks -- it's not helping your cause or substantiating your claims in any way. I'm in my 30s, I work in the legal system (and am researching, with peer-review publications, criminal justice reform, so you can stop adding credentials to your resume), and have been through the process myself as well on numerous occasions. Stop spreading misinformation, it's dangerous, and you're wrong, and had I read this years ago I'd have thought I was screwed and given up, rather than going on to get a multitude of degrees and work directly within the legal system for a government that does federal background and security checks. You can literally disprove your argument with a 20 second search on your search engine of choice

For instance: yes, obviously a federal, and/or violent crime that results in a felony conviction is a different story regarding something like firearms; but you told people that they are essentially fucked even over a misdemeanor, DUI, or non-violent felony, when any one of those can have a clean record, even obtain a firearm, through a number of processes, most typically expungement, which is all my initial response claimed before you lost your mind. Telling people they are fucked over any arrest and conviction and that they should essentially accept that and be hopeless is fucked up and dangerous misinformation:

People with convictions in any court, of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, are subject to the prohibition on possession of firearms under federal law, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and to additional prohibitions under the laws of the several states. Persons convicted of domestic violence offenses also lose firearms rights. § 922(g)(9). The statutory mechanism for relief from federal firearms dispossession, § 925(c), has not been funded since 1993. See United States v. Bean, 537 U.S. 71, 75 (2002). People with state convictions may avoid the federal bar if their convictions are pardoned, set-aside, or expunged, or if their civil rights have been restored, unless the relief “expressly provides” that they “may not” possess firearms. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 921(a)(20), (a)(33). Automatic restoration of civil rights is effective to remove federal gun dispossession, see Caron v. United States, 524 U.S. 308 (1998)

No, an arrest at a protest is not going to screw these people over for life. Ask any number of politicians, lawyers, even judges, among others, that were arrested in protests and even riots during the civil rights era**

I'm in my 30s, I work in the legal system (and am researching, with peer-review publications, criminal justice reform, so you can stop adding credentials to your resume), and have been through the process myself as well on numerous occasions. Stop spreading misinformation, it's dangerous, and you're wrong, and had I read this years ago I'd have thought I was screwed and given up, rather than going on to get a multitude of degrees and work directly within the legal system for a government that does federal background and security checks. You can literally disprove your argument with a 20 second search on your search engine of choice

For instance: yes, obviously a federal, and/or violent crime that results in a felony conviction is a different story regarding something like firearms; but you told people that they are essentially fucked even over a misdemeanor, DUI, or non-violent felony, when any one of those can have a clean record, even obtain a firearm, through a number of processes, most typically expungement, which is all my initial response claimed before you lost your mind. Telling people they are fucked over any arrest and conviction and that they should essentially accept that and be hopeless is fucked up and dangerous misinformation:

People with convictions in any court, of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, are subject to the prohibition on possession of firearms under federal law, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and to additional prohibitions under the laws of the several states. Persons convicted of domestic violence offenses also lose firearms rights. § 922(g)(9). The statutory mechanism for relief from federal firearms dispossession, § 925(c), has not been funded since 1993. See United States v. Bean, 537 U.S. 71, 75 (2002). People with state convictions may avoid the federal bar if their convictions are pardoned, set-aside, or expunged, or if their civil rights have been restored, unless the relief “expressly provides” that they “may not” possess firearms. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 921(a)(20), (a)(33). Automatic restoration of civil rights is effective to remove federal gun dispossession, see Caron v. United States, 524 U.S. 308 (1998)

No, an arrest at a protest is not going to screw these people over for life. Ask any number of politicians, lawyers, even judges, among others, that were arrested in protests and even riots during the civil rights era**

I'm in my 30s, I work in the legal system (and am researching, with peer-review publications, criminal justice reform, so you can stop adding credentials to your resume), and have been through the process myself as well on numerous occasions. Stop spreading misinformation, it's dangerous, and you're wrong, and had I read this years ago I'd have thought I was screwed and given up, rather than going on to get a multitude of degrees and work directly within the legal system for a government that does federal background and security checks. You can literally disprove your argument with a 20 second search on your search engine of choice

For instance: yes, obviously a federal, and/or violent crime that results in a felony conviction is a different story regarding something like firearms; but you told people that they are essentially fucked even over a misdemeanor, DUI, or non-violent felony, when any one of those can have a clean record, even obtain a firearm, through a number of processes, most typically expungement, which is all my initial response claimed before you lost your mind. Telling people they are fucked over any arrest and conviction and that they should essentially accept that and be hopeless is fucked up and dangerous misinformation:

People with convictions in any court, of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, are subject to the prohibition on possession of firearms under federal law, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and to additional prohibitions under the laws of the several states. Persons convicted of domestic violence offenses also lose firearms rights. § 922(g)(9). The statutory mechanism for relief from federal firearms dispossession, § 925(c), has not been funded since 1993. See United States v. Bean, 537 U.S. 71, 75 (2002). People with state convictions may avoid the federal bar if their convictions are pardoned, set-aside, or expunged, or if their civil rights have been restored, unless the relief “expressly provides” that they “may not” possess firearms. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 921(a)(20), (a)(33). Automatic restoration of civil rights is effective to remove federal gun dispossession, see Caron v. United States, 524 U.S. 308 (1998)

No, an arrest at a protest is not going to screw these people over for life. Ask any number of politicians, lawyers, even judges, among others, that were arrested in protests and even riots during the civil rights era

I'm in my 30s, I work in the legal system (and am researching, with peer-review publications, criminal justice reform, so you can stop adding credentials to your resume), and have been through the process myself as well on numerous occasions. Stop spreading misinformation, it's dangerous, and you're wrong, and had I read this years ago I'd have thought I was screwed and given up, rather than going on to get a multitude of degrees and work directly within the legal system for a government that does federal background and security checks. You can literally disprove your argument with a 20 second search on your search engine of choice

For instance: yes, obviously a federal, and/or violent crime that results in a felony conviction is a different story regarding something like firearms; but you told people that they are essentially fucked even over a misdemeanor, DUI, or non-violent felony, when any one of those can have a clean record, even obtain a firearm, through a number of processes, most typically expungement, which is all my initial response claimed before you lost your mind. Telling people they are fucked over any arrest and conviction and that they should essentially accept that and be hopeless is fucked up and dangerous misinformation:

People with convictions in any court, of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, are subject to the prohibition on possession of firearms under federal law, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and to additional prohibitions under the laws of the several states. Persons convicted of domestic violence offenses also lose firearms rights. § 922(g)(9). The statutory mechanism for relief from federal firearms dispossession, § 925(c), has not been funded since 1993. See United States v. Bean, 537 U.S. 71, 75 (2002). People with state convictions may avoid the federal bar if their convictions are pardoned, set-aside, or expunged, or if their civil rights have been restored, unless the relief “expressly provides” that they “may not” possess firearms. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 921(a)(20), (a)(33). Automatic restoration of civil rights is effective to remove federal gun dispossession, see Caron v. United States, 524 U.S. 308 (1998)

I'm in my 30s, I work in the legal system (and am researching, with peer-review publications, criminal justice reform, so you can stop adding credentials to your resume), and have been through the process myself as well on numerous occasions. Stop spreading misinformation, it's dangerous, and you're wrong, and had I read this years ago I'd have thought I was screwed and given up, rather than going on to get a multitude of degrees and work directly within the legal system for a government that does federal background and security checks. You can literally disprove your argument with a 20 second search on your search engine of choice

For instance: yes, obviously a federal, and/or violent crime that results in a felony conviction is a different story; but you told people that they are essentially fucked even over a misdemeanor, DUI, or non-violent felony, when any one of those can have a clean record, even obtain a firearm, through a number of processes, most typically expungement, which is all my initial response claimed before you lost your mind. Telling people they are fucked over any arrest and conviction and that they should essentially accept that and be hopeless is fucked up and dangerous misinformation:

People with convictions in any court, of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, are subject to the prohibition on possession of firearms under federal law, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and to additional prohibitions under the laws of the several states. Persons convicted of domestic violence offenses also lose firearms rights. § 922(g)(9). The statutory mechanism for relief from federal firearms dispossession, § 925(c), has not been funded since 1993. See United States v. Bean, 537 U.S. 71, 75 (2002). People with state convictions may avoid the federal bar if their convictions are pardoned, set-aside, or expunged, or if their civil rights have been restored, unless the relief “expressly provides” that they “may not” possess firearms. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 921(a)(20), (a)(33). Automatic restoration of civil rights is effective to remove federal gun dispossession, see Caron v. United States, 524 U.S. 308 (1998)

I'm in my 30s, I work in the legal system (and am researching, with peer-review publications, in criminal justice reform, so you can stop adding credentials to your resume), and have been through the process myself as well on numerous occasions. Stop spreading misinformation, it's dangerous, and you're wrong, and had I read this years ago I'd have thought I was screwed and given up, rather than going on to get a multitude of degrees and work directly within the legal system for a government that does federal background and security checks. You can literally disprove your argument with a 20 second search on your search engine of choice

For instance: yes, obviously a federal, and/or violent crime that results in a felony conviction is a different story; but you told people that they are essentially fucked even over a misdemeanor, DUI, or non-violent felony, when any one of those can have a clean record, even obtain a firearm, through a number of processes, most typically expungement, which is all my initial response claimed before you lost your mind. Telling people they are fucked over any arrest and conviction and that they should essentially accept that and be hopeless is fucked up and dangerous misinformation:

People with convictions in any court, of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, are subject to the prohibition on possession of firearms under federal law, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and to additional prohibitions under the laws of the several states. Persons convicted of domestic violence offenses also lose firearms rights. § 922(g)(9). The statutory mechanism for relief from federal firearms dispossession, § 925(c), has not been funded since 1993. See United States v. Bean, 537 U.S. 71, 75 (2002). People with state convictions may avoid the federal bar if their convictions are pardoned, set-aside, or expunged, or if their civil rights have been restored, unless the relief “expressly provides” that they “may not” possess firearms. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 921(a)(20), (a)(33). Automatic restoration of civil rights is effective to remove federal gun dispossession, see Caron v. United States, 524 U.S. 308 (1998)

I'm in my 30s, I work in the legal system, and have been through the process myself. Stop spreading misinformation, it's dangerous, and you're wrong. You can literally disprove your argument with a 20 second search on your search engine of choice

For instance: yes, obviously a federal, and/or violent crime that results in a felony conviction is a different story; but you told people that they are essentially fucked even over a misdemeanor, DUI, or non-violent felony, when any one of those can have a clean record, even obtain a firearm, through a number of processes, most typically expungement, which is all my initial response claimed before you lost your mind. Telling people they are fucked over any arrest and conviction and that they should essentially accept that and be hopeless is fucked up and dangerous misinformation:

People with convictions in any court, of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, are subject to the prohibition on possession of firearms under federal law, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and to additional prohibitions under the laws of the several states. Persons convicted of domestic violence offenses also lose firearms rights. § 922(g)(9). The statutory mechanism for relief from federal firearms dispossession, § 925(c), has not been funded since 1993. See United States v. Bean, 537 U.S. 71, 75 (2002). People with state convictions may avoid the federal bar if their convictions are pardoned, set-aside, or expunged, or if their civil rights have been restored, unless the relief “expressly provides” that they “may not” possess firearms. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 921(a)(20), (a)(33). Automatic restoration of civil rights is effective to remove federal gun dispossession, see Caron v. United States, 524 U.S. 308 (1998)

I'm in my 30s, I work in the legal system, and have been through the process myself. Stop spreading misinformation, it's dangerous, and you're wrong. You can literally disprove your argument with a 20 second search on your search engine of choice