Your attorney needs to understand that a "sealed" conviction is still a conviction. In order for you to be allowed to possess (or shoot, or even touch) a firearm your conviction has to be expunged, meaning canceled/deleted/removed/erased ... "sealed" doesn't do anything for you.
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Originally Posted by Sealed
This is interesting and why i like to ask about things like this in forums. My sentence was 1 year intensive probation. So i wasn't imprisoned. Probation may be considered imprisonment but it did not exceed 1 year. So basically 18 USC 922 (g) doesnt apply to me if i am reading it correctly.
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What sentence you received doesn't matter. The law is based on whether or not the maximum sentence you COULD have received exceeded one year.
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18 USC 922(g)
It shall be unlawful for any person -
(1) who has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable
by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;
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Be careful when reading laws to read what they actually say, rather than what you would like it to say.
IANAL.