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The first step in checking if your gun rights have been restored is to contact your local court or probation/parole office. Depending on the state, these offices may be responsible for overseeing the restoration process and can provide information on the status of your gun rights.
Utah Gun Laws “The individual right of the people to keep and bear arms for security and defense of self, family, others, property, or the State as well as for other lawful purposes shall not be infringed; but nothing herein shall prevent the legislature from defining the lawful use of arms.”
Under federal law, people are generally prohibited from purchasing or possessing firearms if they have been convicted of a felony or some domestic violence misdemeanors, or if they are subject to certain court orders related to domestic violence or a serious mental condition.
§ 922(g)(1), which prohibits the possession of a firearm by a person convicted of “a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year,” violates the Second Amendment (at least as applied to certain nonviolent offenders).
If you are currently facing firearm restrictions in Utah, you may be able to restore your gun rights through expungement or a 402 reduction. While misdemeanors are eligible for automatic expungement after a certain amount of time, felony offenses and crimes related to assault and domestic violence cannot be expunged.
The AR in “AR-15” rifle stands for ArmaLite, after the company that developed it in the 1950s. “AR” does NOT stand for “assault rifle” or “automatic rifle.” AR-15 and other semi-automatic rifles are NOT “assault weapons” or “assault rifles.” An assault rifle is fully automatic — a machine gun.
Second Amendment sanctuary state declaration Lisonbee is also the sponsor of firearms-related House bills 107 and 120. HB 219 states that Utah “and its political subdivisions will not enforce federal regulations that purport to restrict or ban certain firearms, ammunition, or firearms accessories.”
(2) A person may not use the following prohibited weapons or devices to take big game: (a) a firearm capable of being fired fully automatic; (b) any light enhancement device or aiming device that casts a visible beam of light; (c) a firearm equipped with a computerized targeting system that marks a target, calculates a ...
Ten states (California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Washington), as well as the District of Columbia, have enacted laws that generally ban the sale, manufacture, and transfer of assault weapons.