No he is not. If I were forced to guess I would say that 42 years ago possession in NC was a felony, but he was a kid so got a slap on the wrist. But it was still marked as a felony for purpose of record keeping and never changed when the law did.
why would g the record change?
Kelly's disqualification may in fact be unjustified under current law, which bars gun sales to people convicted of felonies but not misdemeanors (except for misdemeanors involving domestic violence). Unless the feds are treating what North Carolina called a misdemeanor as a felony for some reason, Kelly's pot conviction should not be covered by that provision.
If you could have been sentenced to ... blah blah blah, then your are hosed.
FR lawyers can illuminate.