Re: florida or north carolina

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Neither. You will have to apply in your state of residency.

Rotsa ruck, though. Federal law bars a convicted felony
from possessing a firearm. That includes both ownership and
carrying one. It includes both long guns and pistols. It
does not include muzzleloaders, however. Muzzleloaders are
not "firearms" in the federal system.

The only exception is if your civil rights were COMPLETELY
restored. That can be through a pardon or through some
other provision of state law in the state in which you were
convicted, i.e. Florida.

Having said that, states often impose extra or different
restrictions than that of the federal system. Some states,
like I said, will completely restore your civil rights after
a period of time. In other states, civil rights are only
partially restores. For example, maybe you can vote after
being discharged from felony probation or parole.

States regulate ownership, possession and carrying
muzzleloaders. You should check the law in your state of
residency for that. Carrying is usually regulated more
strictly than possession. Check into that, too.

A word of caution: Unless you're sure about the law, don't
carry a gun. Don't store one in your house. Don't hunt
with one. Take up bow hunting instead. I've seem what
federal juries do to felons with guns. It's not pretty.

Plus, it's an easy case for the prosecutor to prove. One of
the elements is being a felon, so your status as a felon
comes into evidence whether your testify or not. If you
testify, a jury will get to hear about your "unarmend" bank
robbery and prison term. Then, either you had a gun or you
did not.

Bottom line, don't attempt this without sound legal counsel.

On 9/01/04, michael smith wrote:
> I was convicted of unarmed bank robbries in the southern
> district of fla, in 1986 fort lauderdale area, and
> sentenced to 8 years in federal prison,where my time was
> spent in butner north carolina facillity.I was released
> oct. 1991 and continued on paroled till 1996 with no
> problems.my question is do I try to apply for my right to
> carry a gun in fla.where I was convicted or in north
> carolina where I served my time and was released