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Depends on the misdemeanor. Under FEDERAL law, no person convicted of a crime of domestic violence may possess a firearm. In addtion, the information below is from the website on RI firearm laws:

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The following persons are prohibited from owning, possessing, or controlling any firearms:

  • Any person convicted of a crime of violence.
  • Any fugitive from justice.
  • Any illegal alien.
  • Any person who is under guardianship, treatment, or confinement for being mentally incompetent.
  • Any person who has been adjudicated or is under treatment or confinement as a drug addict or an habitual drunkard, unless he has been pronounced cured for at least five years and can produce an affidavit from a "competent medical authority" stating that he is a proper person to possess firearms.
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