[marktwain]

I have done a little digging to try to find when the ban on felons owning firearms started. I have had one person tell me that there were bans on felons owning firearms in colonial times, but I have not seen any examples.

My best information so far is that the 1968 Federal Firearms Act made it illegal for felons to buy firearms from federally licensened dealers, and a fair number of states then started to make it illegal for a felon to own a firearm.

Please share any further information that you find on this.

[JDW11235]

Will do, and thank you again!