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Domestic Violence Conviction Will Eliminate Your Second Amendment Rights.
Many lawyers who are not Michigan Gun Crimes Lawyers, fail to fully understand or appreciate the interplay between State and Federal firearms laws. This can lead to the catastrophic loss of rights, including the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.
An example of this would be the Federal Firearms Law found at 18 United States Code § 922(g)(9), which provides that even a single conviction for misdemeanor domestic violence will result in the loss of many of your Second Amendment rights, including the shipping, transporting, possession, or receipt of a firearm or ammunition that has been shipped in or affects interstate commerce. In plain language, any domestic violence conviction will eliminate your ability to legally purchase or possess or ammunition for any purpose. This includes keeping a firearm of any kind in your home for self-defense.
Oftentimes this impact is overlooked because local attorneys are members of a State Bar and focused on State penalties. The average State attorney doesn’t often consider Federal Penalties. They are also often focused on the more pressing penalties of jail, probation, or fines.