In the United States, there is no certain number of years. If you are a felon, you cannot own a gun unless you have successfully petitioned to have your gun rights restored.
a convicted felon can never own a gun.. can get a min. of a year for owning a firearm
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If a person has a felony you cannot own a gun. It does not matter how long you have had the felony.
A DUI conviction or any felony conviction becomes a permanent part of the convicted person's criminal record.
I'm not sure specifically about South Carolina, but if the conviction was some sort of felony, federal law prohibits you from purchasing a firearm.
After a felony conviction, you may never own, purchase, possess, or be granted access to firearms ever again.
A felony does not go away unless the conviction is expunged from your record by govt. officials. Because of this, it doesn't matter how long ago you were convicted of a felony, owning, purchasing, or being in possession of a firearm is illegal.
Permanently. The exceptions are a pardon or expungement granted by the governor of the state in which the person received the felony conviction or the President if it is a federal conviction. Such acts are taken in relation to wrongful conviction. For example, the person being cleared in a retrial or by evidence such as DNA being presented that proves the person inoccent of the crime for which he or she was convicted.
Unless you are able to get the court to expunge your record, the felony conviction will stay with you for the rest of your life.
There is no statute of limitations on a felony drug conviction. You were charged and convicted. It is a part of your record forever.
Can a us citizen with a past felony conviction visit the Philippines.?
Forever. Once a person is convicted of a felony, under FEDERAL law, they lose the right to own a firearm. It does not come back.
A felony conviction record is forever unless it is expunged. If you qualify for expungement you can have the offense expunged. HOWEVER - an expungement only hides the conviction from the general public. Law enforcement, the courts, and government agencies will always have access to it which would prevent you from ever possessing a firearm.