[JCG]

The prohibition against felons owning firearms is federal, and the feds don't give you these "rights" back once they have been lost.

                                               Missouri Revised Statutes

                                                            Chapter 571
                                                       Weapons Offenses
                                                        Section 571.070

                                                        August 28, 2000

Possession of concealable firearm unlawful for certain persons --penalty.

571.070. 1. A person commits the crime of unlawful possession of a concealable firearm if he has any
concealable firearm in his possession and:

(1) He has pled guilty to or has been convicted of a dangerous felony, as defined in section 556.061, RSMo, or
of an attempt to commit a dangerous felony, or of a crime under the laws of any state or of the United States
which, if committed within this state, would be a dangerous felony, or confined therefor in this state or
elsewhere during the five-year period immediately preceding the date of such possession; or

(2) He is a fugitive from justice, is habitually in an intoxicated or drugged condition, or is currently adjudged
mentally incompetent.

2. Unlawful possession of a concealable firearm is a class C felony.

    (L. 1981 H.B. 296, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1201)

 

[El Gato]

Many states have restrictions on felons in possession also. But they are not uniform accross the states. Texas statutes provide, or did last I checked, for convicted felons to own long guns and keep them in their home for self defense. The federal law at issue in this case in effect over rode all those state laws, unless the state law was more restrictive of course.