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To request an expungement of your criminal record: You must have either been acquited or served the complete term of your sentence - then submit a petition to the court setting forth good reason(s) why your request should be granted. A judge will review your petition and the circumstances of your case and issue a ruling either granting or denying the request. AN EXPUNGEMENT IS NOT A PARDON! Law enforcement, the courts, and government agencies will always have access to your complete 'actual' record. Expungement only removes the record of your offense from being viewed by the public. CONVICTED FELONS-CAUTION: If your request is granted - although your particular state MAY be one which has a program to restore some of your "rights" to you (you will have to do research to see if your state of residence applies), it remains a FEDERAL felony offense for a convicted felon to ever own or possess a firearm. The United States Code, in some cases, makes the penalty for illegal possession of a firearm a mandatory minimum fifteen (15) years in prison. Title 18 U.S.C. sec 924(e)(1). NOTE: Those individuals convicted in FEDERAL court of FEDERAL felony offenses have no practical solution to their firearm disqualification problems at this time. There is a restoration process under federal law that is part of the Gun Control Act. Petitions for removal of the federal firearms restrictions are directed to the Attorney General of the United States pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 925(c). The authority to review these petitions has been delegated by the Attorney General to the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (See 27 C.F.R. § 478.144). However, even though there is a federal statute and a regulatory procedure for the processing of restoration petitions, Congress has continuously refused to appropriate the funds for The BATF to review such petitions. By denying this funding, Congress has, effectively, suspended the statutory grant of jurisdiction to the federal district courts to review convicted felons' applications for restoration of their firearms privileges.

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