Trump Administration Lets 330,000 Felons Seek Gun Rights Restoration
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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 17
Trump Administration Lets 330,000 Felons Seek Gun Rights Restoration
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 17
Summary
330,000 people are expected to apply starting next month under a new Justice Department rule letting some convicted felons seek restoration of federal gun rights.
The case-by-case process, announced by Attorney General Todd Blanche, requires applicants to show they do not threaten public safety; violent criminals, registered sex offenders and undocumented immigrants remain barred.
Federal law still blocks gun possession for people convicted of crimes punishable by more than one year, domestic-violence misdemeanants, dishonorably discharged veterans and others, leaving about 30 million Americans unable to legally own firearms.
The change marks a sharp expansion from the prior system, in which pardons were effectively the main route to regain gun rights, and extends Trump's broader second-term push to loosen firearms restrictions.