{"id":377,"date":"2019-03-10T12:24:35","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T17:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neuvillelawoffice.com\/?p=377"},"modified":"2019-07-04T12:23:55","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T17:23:55","slug":"restoration-of-firearm-rights-under-minnesota-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neuvillelawoffice.com\/restoration-of-firearm-rights-under-minnesota-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Restoration of Firearm Rights under Minnesota Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In 2017, the state of Minnesota issued approximately 55,000 permits to purchase and possess a firearm. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sctimes.com\/story\/news\/local\/2018\/03\/03\/bca-stearns-county-issued-more-than-1-900-permits-carry\/388663002\/\"><span class=\"s2\">Stearns County<\/span><\/a> issued 1,970 permits; Benton County issued 575 permits. Wright County and Sherburne County issued 1,797 and 1,496, respectively. However, every year counties around Minnesota deny applications to purchase and possess firearms based on the applicant\u2019s past criminal convictions. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In Hennepin County, Stearns County and elsewhere, if someone has a felony conviction, or a conviction for a specified crime of violence defined under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/624.712#stat.624.712.5\"><span class=\"s2\">Minn. Stat. \u00a7 624.712, subdivision 5<\/span><\/a>, an application for a permit to purchase\/carry\/possess a firearm will be denied.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Judicial Restoration of Ability to Possess Firearms and Ammunition by Convicted Felon<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A person prohibited by state law from shipping, transporting, possessing, or receiving a firearm or ammunition because of a conviction or a delinquency adjudication for committing a crime of violence may petition a court to restore the ability to possess, receive, ship, or transport firearms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The court may grant the relief sought if the person shows good cause to do so and the person has been released from physical confinement.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>If a petition for Restoration of Firearm Rights is denied, the person may not file another petition until three years have elapsed without the permission of the court.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Penalty for Possession of Firearm by Ineligible Person<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Under Minnesota law, possession a firearm as an ineligible person is a very serious crime. Possession of any firearm as an ineligible person, either convicted felon or convicted of a crime of violence may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 15 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $30,000, or both.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2017, the state of Minnesota issued approximately 55,000 permits to purchase and possess a firearm. \u00a0 Stearns County issued 1,970 permits; Benton County issued 575 permits. Wright County and Sherburne County issued 1,797 and 1,496, respectively. However, every year counties around Minnesota deny applications to purchase and possess firearms based on the applicant\u2019s past [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Restoration of Firearm Rights | Minneapolis | Neuville Law Office<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Neuville Law Office offers firearm law and criminal defense services for the Minneapolis area. 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