Re: get gun rights restored res ipsa

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On 10/03/07, Prairie Dawg wrote:
> Sounds like domestic assault to me. If he's got a domestic
> assault conviction he is forever barred from firearm ownership
> under federal law.

Yes, that's true. Also many states will refuse a gun permit if the
applicant has a conviction for any crime of violence even if it is
just misdemeanor assault or threatening. (I don't know if Illinois
does) Here is the relevant part of a typical statute of that sort.
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Ownership or possession prohibited, when;

(b) No person who is under indictment for, or has waived indictment
for, or has been bound over to the circuit court for, or has been
convicted in this State or elsewhere of having committed a felony,
or any crime of violence, or an illegal sale of any drug shall own,
possess, or control any firearm or ammunition therefor.

[A crime of violence is defined by the statute as:]

"Crime of violence" means any offense, that involves injury or
threat of injury to the person of another.