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To: thackney; soycd
How does a state law violation become a federal felony?
It is a State, not Federal, crime. It is not a federal felony.

Though a state felony conviction in CT becomes a felony in every state where legally possessing a firearm is concerned.

31 posted on 02/25/2014 5:43:48 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Vaquero; thackney; soycd

“Though a state felony conviction in CT becomes a felony in every state where legally possessing a firearm is concerned.”

Exactly so. Federal law (the ‘68 GCA) states that a person is not permitted to purchase or possess a firearm if they have been convicted of a felony anywhere. A “felony” is a crime punishable by more than 365 days in jail, regardless of whether one is sentenced to the full term or actually serves even 1 second in jail. Note that this also includes felonies in foreign countries - there’s a US Supreme Court case in which the ruling disallowed the 2nd Amendment rights of a guy who crossed into Mexico with empty shell casings of “impermissible” rounds (i.e. 9mm), since the crime in Mexico had a penalty of more than a year.

Note, folks, that there are over 10,000 felonies on the books - they mean to take your gun and voting rights away if you resist the regime (state or federal) in any way.

Paging Claire Wolfe: is it time yet?


117 posted on 02/26/2014 6:59:19 AM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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