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Federal Judge Restores Non-Violent Offender's Gun Rights Following Landmark Case\\\\
3rd Circuit -- therefore not applicable to Northwest, yet.
3rd Circuit -- therefore not applicable to Northwest, yet.
he was still considered a prohibited person and barred from firearms possession under federal law because his second conviction carried a possible sentence of up to five years in prison. Federal law says that those convicted of a misdemeanor with a potential prison sentence of more than two years are prohibited from possessing firearms—even if they aren't sentenced to that amount of time in prison.