AboutDean Speir Expertise I can answer questions about Handguns, Rifles, Ammunition, the Firearms Industry, the "gunzine game," practical accessories for self-defense (CCW) handguns; rumor control on firearms myths, errata on the "gunshop grapevine."
I am NOT an Attorney, and nothing I provide here should be relied upon as legal advice. Therefore, please do NOT make inquiries about Criminal Justice issues... this is the Second Amendment topic.
Nor do I do "Private Consultations." Want to made it "private," retain an attorney.
Experience 25 years practical and competitive hangunning; 26 years in the firearms industry; 15 years writing for the gunzines, including 4½ years as Industry Editor for The New Gun Week; maintainer of www.thegunzone.com.
Organizations Life Member, NRA
Publications Guns Magazine, Combat Handguns, Petersen's Handguns, American Handgunner, The New Gun Week, Gun & Shooter, American Handgunner, Shooting Industry, American Firearms Industry, Machine Gun News, Practical Shooting International, Law Enforcement Techology, Police Product News, The American Guardian, The Shotgun News, Visier (Germany) and various DBI Books.
Education/Credentials BA in English
Graduate Lethal Force Institute
Graduate Gunsite
Graduate Defensive Training Institute
Question My son was convicted of a felony for drug possession in the state of Virginia, and will have completed his probation in Dec 2007, we come from a family of avid hunters, is it possible for him to hunt again with a firearm? We currently live in Virginia, but also have family property in North Carolina.
Answer Hello, Debra;
Although this is only tangentially related to the Second Amendment, and while I again stress that I am not an attorney so nothing I write here should be considered legal advice, I will try to address your inquiry in general terms.
If someone is convicted of a felony, then that person becomes a "Prohibited Person," and loses certain civil rights, including those related to possession of a firearm. And that is not dependent on any state boundaries, so North Carolina or Virginia makes no difference… a person would "carry" that with him or her.
The only way of which I am aware that one can regain those lost civil rights is to apply for a "Relief from Disabilities," and this is something your attorney, your son's probation officer or the Court in which he was convicted can better advise you on.
