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Title: question re: felons hunting
Post by: depserv on January 28, 2017, 04:54:10 PM

Is there a way for a person with a felony conviction to legally hunt using a firearm?  For example, if he goes hunting with a friend and he's using his friend's gun, would that be legal? 

Title: Re: question re: felons hunting
Post by: SemperFiGuy on January 28, 2017, 05:15:46 PM

Here's a good place to start:

http://felonyguide.com/Felony-Gun-Laws.php

And another:

http://legalbeagle.com/5426707-hunting-rights-convicted-felon.html


Answer to question is:  probably not.

Which would be really, really sad.

Maybe with a bow or crossbow, as mentioned in the second source, above.

sfg

Title: Re: question re: felons hunting
Post by: justsomeguy on January 28, 2017, 06:43:59 PM

Or black powder.

Title: Re: question re: felons hunting
Post by: CitizenClark on January 28, 2017, 08:12:54 PM

Quote from: justsomeguy on January 28, 2017, 06:43:59 PM

Or black powder.

Not in Nebraska.

Federal law defines "firearm" in a way that excludes primitive firearms. Nebraska law has no such exclusion, and so a convicted felon who has not been pardoned and who has not had his conviction set aside would violate the law by possessing a black powder firearm.