Gun Rights Restoration

I am pleased to announce that Michigan’s new automatic expungement is sufficient to restore firearm rights. Since the roll-out of Clean Slate, Michigan’s new expungement law, a couple of people contacted me regarding problems after their felony conviction was expunged. Serious problems like I still can’t buy a gun. Unfortunately, these people wouldn’t hire me…

I am a firearm rights restoration attorney in Michigan. In this article, I will discuss some of the reasons why I work so hard on these cases. There are some characteristics of a gun rights restoration case that are not immediately apparent to people filing a petition on their own or to attorneys who don’t…

Carrying a concealed weapon is a felony in Michigan. This charge and a typical court plea for this charge can create an unusual firearm disability for the offender. In this article, I will discuss how an often used pretrial negotiation plea can cause a firearm disability. Carrying Concealed Weapon Felony (CCW) under MCL 750.227 The…

In this blog, I wanted to discuss several fact patterns related to restoring gun rights in Michigan.  This blog illustrates how federal law and Michigan law interact together.  In Michigan, fewer felony convictions result in loss of gun rights.  On the Federal level, more felonies result in the loss of gun rights.  Michigan has a…

A conviction for a serious crime has consequences, incarceration, fines, restitution, and the loss of gun rights.  Some, but not all, felony convictions result in the defendant effectively losing all their firearm rights.  What exactly happens?  There are two governmental bodies associated with gun rights, the federal government and state government, federal gun rights and…