When state jail felony probation has ended, can you own a shot gun for hunting purposes?
It depends on a number of points of state law: 1) how does that state define a felony 2) does state law prohibit felons from possessing firearms 3) how does state law define firearms Federal law provides at 18 USC sec. 922(g) It shall be unlawful for any person— (1) who has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year; . . . to ship or transport in interstate or foreign commerce, or possess in or affecting commerce, any firearm or ammunition; or to receive any firearm or ammunition which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce. The term “felony” is never used and the term has different meanings in different states. Additionally, the Gun Control Act defines “firearm” in such a way that it does not include “antique firearms and replicas designed to use black powder”. There are black powder shotguns and, except for “in-line” black powder, they are almost entirely “antique firearms or replicas”. So, if the partic
