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Can I get my gun rights back if I have my felony expunged?
Asked on Jan 09th, 2014 on Expungements - Missouri
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I know that if you are a convicted felon, you cannot own a firearm. But if I was to make sure all fees probation and restitution are paid and went to court to have my felonies expunged, would this renew my rights? Or is there any way to have rights renewed to me? I used to be a small game hunter until this happened. Now I'm not able to hunt at all, so I would like to gain this right back.
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Answered on Jan 10th, 2014 at 10:32 PM
In Missouri, only 3 types of felonies are eligible for expungement: passing a bad check, fraudulent use of a debit/credit device, or fraudulently stopping payment on an instrument. If your felony conviction is one of these 3 types and you have no other misdemeanors or felony convictions within 20 years of your original felony conviction, then you can file a petition with the court to expunge your felony conviction. If you were on probation, it's possible that you received an SIS (suspended imposition of sentence), meaning there will be no conviction on your record if you successfully complete probation. If instead you received an SES (suspended execution of sentence), then there will be a conviction on your record.
Answered on Jan 10th, 2014 at 10:32 PM