Michigan Automatic Expungement and Gun Rights

Michigan Automatic Expungement and Gun Rights

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…

Carrying  A Concealed Weapon Conviction and Michigan Gun Rights

Carrying A Concealed Weapon Conviction and Michigan Gun Rights

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…

Michigan Restoration of Gun Rights. I Can’t Purchase a Gun.

Once Michigan gun rights are restored, why can’t I purchase a gun? There are two bodies of government, State and Federal laws. Both bodies of government pass laws that prohibit a convicted felon from possessing a gun. Michigan’s laws are far more forgiving than the Federal government’s laws. Michigan has automatic restoration of gun rights,…

Case Studies for Restoration of Gun Rights in Michigan

Case Studies for Restoration of Gun Rights in Michigan

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…

Firearm Rights Restoration in Michigan after a felony conviction

Firearm Rights Restoration in Michigan after a felony conviction

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…