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Federal Firearm Rights Restoration Returns

admin · 2026-08-25T00:50:10.838Z

For the first time since 1992, there's an actual federal mechanism to restore firearm rights — not just dead statutory language. Congress defunded the ATF program that ran it and never brought it back. DOJ just moved the function to the Office of the Pardon Attorney and finalized the rule. "The Second Amendment is not a second-class right, and the federal government should not permanently deprive Americans of a constitutional right without regard to whether they pose a danger to public safet...

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Federal Firearm Rights Restoration Returns

The DOJ has finalized a rule reviving the federal firearm rights restoration process, dormant since Congress defunded it in 1992. Applications open in stages starting 75 days after Federal Register publication, with the first 5,000 public slots available then. The rule includes a notable marijuana carve-out following the Supreme Court's Hemani decision.

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