If you're voluntarily committed to a mental institution does this ban you from buying a firearm?
18 USC 922(g)(4) prohibits any person who has been adjudicated as mentally defective or has been committed to a mental institution from owning a...
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18 USC 922(g)(4) prohibits any person who has been adjudicated as mentally defective or has been committed to a mental institution from owning a...
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Assuming you were only convicted of one charge (felon in possession), the answer is "no." In order to qualify for career offender, the instant...
In the Southern District of Texas people have received pre-trial diversion for felony charges but in extremely rare and unusual circumstances. It...
It's really impossible to answer a question like this in this type of forum for the simple reason that we don't have all the facts. If you have an...
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I think this sounds like an immigration question.
No, you cannot own a gun in your home. Under federal law, you could be prosecuted for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Even if you don't...
Yes, the enhancement is permissible but the Attorney General recently issued a memo prohibiting prosecutors from using the threat of enhanced...
Your question is what will happen if he decides to turn himself in. First, he almost certainly will not get bond again. Second, his guideline...