Restoration of Firearm Rights

If your Minnesota firearm rights have been revoked because of a conviction, the only way to have your gun rights restored is to successfully petition the courts. Call the firm at 612-910-2104.

Your gun rights under the Second Amendment can be restricted under state law or federal law. Sometimes, both sets of laws prohibit you from possessing a firearm. Strangely enough, sometimes the laws even conflict. Our firm practices in firearm restoration law throughout all of Minnesota, and we can pursue a petition to reinstate your firearm privileges in Minnesota state courts, pursue an expungement on your behalf, or seek a pardon with the Minnesota Board of Pardons.

Minn. Stat. § 624.712, Subd. 5 (“Crimes of Violence”) is a statute listing the crimes that carry a lifetime ban on possessing firearms. Individuals convicted or adjudicated delinquent as a juvenile for one of those “crimes of violence” lose their right to possess a firearm for the remainder of their life.

Although some argue that if you commit a crime of violence you should lose your gun rights forever, it’s really not that simple: Under Minn. Stat. § 624.712, Subd. 5, if you are convicted of committing a felony drug offense under Chapter 152 (including an attempt to commit a felony drug offense under Chapter 152), you lose your gun rights forever. More often than not, those crimes do not involve violence, and there is no identifiable “victim” of the offense. It’s archaic.

Often times, individuals make brainless mistakes early in life, and those mistakes continue to haunt them well into adulthood. Do you want your firearm rights restored so that you can go hunting or to a firing range? Does your family have antique firearms that you will be inheriting?

If you or someone you know has been convicted of a felony crime of violence, you must file a specific petition with the court—merely seeking an expungement is not enough.

It is critical to have a competent, experienced lawyer to help draft and file the petition and appear with you in court. The rules are clear that if a person convicted of a felony crime of violence applies to have their gun rights restored, and a judge denies the request, the person has to wait another 3 years before they can reapply. Because of this, it’s important that the process is completed correctly the first time.

Our gun rights lawyers have experience with restoration petitions in Minnesota and seeking criminal expungements. It does not matter if you are in Minneapolis, Northfield, Faribault, St. Paul, Buffalo, or Lake of the Woods. If you want to clean up your record, contact us today or call us at 612-910-2104.