DOJ Creates a New Pathway to Restore Gun Rights for some Convicted of Felonies
The new application system will review requests case by case and deny violent offenders, sex offenders and other people deemed dangerous.
- On Monday, The Justice Department finalized a rule allowing individuals barred from owning firearms due to criminal convictions to apply for rights reinstatement through a new online portal.
- For decades, Congress has effectively blocked the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives from processing reinstatement applications, but this new policy circumvents that legislative barrier.
- Officials will grant restoration on a case-by-case basis, weighing individual records and reputation, while denying violent criminals, registered sex offenders, and those posing safety threats absent extraordinary circumstances.
- The move represents part of President Donald Trump's broader administration effort to ease firearms restrictions, following the department's recent decision against challenging a court ruling on suppressors.
- Attorney General Todd Blanche stated the Second Amendment is not a "second-class right," calling the process a victory for advocates who have long pushed for nonviolent felons to regain firearm ownership.
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