Posted by Strobe Talbot on January 19, 2003 at 18:39:04:
I was convicted of felony theft in 1989, and sentenced to two years in the Illinois State Department of Corrections. (Served 9 mon.)
My Father recently passed away, and he left several rifles to me. Of course, the problem is that I need to register for a FOID card, and cannot qualify due to my felony conviction. I have never been convicted o a violent crime, nor a drug related crime. I was released from parole in 1991, and have not had a felony conviction since.
My question is, is their any way to have this conviction expunged? Is there any way I can get a Federal firearms ownership ID? I am not a big gun person, but they where my fathers, and I have little else to keep of his.