Idaho-born
Regular Member
Firearms rights restoration
About 20 years ago, I did something stupid and wound up having to plead guilty to a felony. I did everything that was required of me and in 2004, I petitioned the court to have it reduced to a misdemeanor under IC 19-2604. The petition was granted, and in the order it said that it was deemed a misdemeanor, thereby restoring the petitioner to his civil rights. My lawyer told me that included my firearms rights.
In 2011, I got an Idaho CWL (I'm current living in PA). I'd like to buy a pistol, so I hired a lawyer in PA that deals with firearms laws, and he went over my situation. He told me that I was good to go under PA statutes, that that I should try to buy an gun and if PICS (PA has its own verion of NICS) were to initially deny it, he would handle it from there.
Well, the current status is that he is telling me that PA is going to deny me because they consider Idaho laws somewhat confused, and a prosecutor they talked to told them that 'deemed a misdemeanor' doesn't restore firearms rights.
I'm currently waiting for a call back from my old Idaho lawyer's parter to see if he might have something that can help me. My current lawyer is telling me that a legal opinion letter isn't going to help because PA considers what the prosecutor told them to be 'official'.
I'm looking for other options at this point if anybody has suggestions to what I could do or who I could talk to to deal with this. Or a referral to a hot shot firearms rights lawyer in Idaho who might be able to resolve this.
Thanks!
About 20 years ago, I did something stupid and wound up having to plead guilty to a felony. I did everything that was required of me and in 2004, I petitioned the court to have it reduced to a misdemeanor under IC 19-2604. The petition was granted, and in the order it said that it was deemed a misdemeanor, thereby restoring the petitioner to his civil rights. My lawyer told me that included my firearms rights.
In 2011, I got an Idaho CWL (I'm current living in PA). I'd like to buy a pistol, so I hired a lawyer in PA that deals with firearms laws, and he went over my situation. He told me that I was good to go under PA statutes, that that I should try to buy an gun and if PICS (PA has its own verion of NICS) were to initially deny it, he would handle it from there.
Well, the current status is that he is telling me that PA is going to deny me because they consider Idaho laws somewhat confused, and a prosecutor they talked to told them that 'deemed a misdemeanor' doesn't restore firearms rights.
I'm currently waiting for a call back from my old Idaho lawyer's parter to see if he might have something that can help me. My current lawyer is telling me that a legal opinion letter isn't going to help because PA considers what the prosecutor told them to be 'official'.
I'm looking for other options at this point if anybody has suggestions to what I could do or who I could talk to to deal with this. Or a referral to a hot shot firearms rights lawyer in Idaho who might be able to resolve this.
Thanks!
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