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In the previous incident, McRae was arrested in the summer of 2019 and charged with carrying a concealed weapon without a license, a felony punishable by up to five years in prison.

In October 2019, the Ingham County Prosecutor's Office dropped that felony charge after McRae pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of possession of a loaded firearm in a vehicle, which is punishable by up to two years in prison.

Carol Siemon [Ingham County Prosecutor] stepped down from the role [2022]. She had faced criticism from local police chiefs and sheriffs in August 2021 after implementing a new policy that dialed back most felony firearm charges.

"The new policy concerning Felony Firearm charging is related to dramatic racial inequity in how this and certain other laws have been charged and is not in any way linked to the goal that we share of keeping the public safe," Siemon said in a statement at the time. "The purported link between this policy and any future rise in gun violence is disingenuous and erroneous."

McRae pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of possession of a loaded firearm in a vehicle, which is punishable by up to two years in prison.

Wasn't there some provision, maybe part of the Lautenberg amendment, that said if were convicted of any crime that you COULD HAVE BEEN sentenced to a year or more then you become a prohibited person? I disagree if that is the law but I seem to recall something like that.