Federal Firearms Info

18 USC § 922 (g) states:

(Quick Reference Sheet)

It shall be unlawful for any person to ship or transport in interstate or foreign commerce, or possess in or affecting commerce, any firearm or ammunition; or to receive any firearm or ammunition which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce -

• who has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;
• who is a fugitive from justice;
• who is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802));
• who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or who has been committed to a mental institution;
• who, being an alien—
  (A) is illegally or unlawfully in the United States; or
  (B) except as provided in subsection (y)(2), has been admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa (as that term is defined in section 101(a)(26) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 (a)(26)));
• who has been discharged from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions;
• who, having been a citizen of the United States, has renounced his citizenship;
• who is subject to a court order that—
  (A) was issued after a hearing of which such personeceived actual notice, and at which such person had an opportunity to participate;
  (B) restrains such person from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner of such person or child of such intimate partner or person, or engaging in other conduct that would place an intimate partner in reasonable fear of bodily injury to the partner or child; and
  (C)
       (i) includes a finding that such person represents a credible threat to the physical safety of such intimate partner or child; or
       (ii) by its terms explicitly prohibits the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against such intimate partner or child
           that would reasonably be expected to cause bodily injury; or
• who has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.who has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence. ho has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence. ho has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence. ho has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.

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