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From my limited understanding, and the informed discussion of this thread, the restoration of gun rights under California law is not recognized by the feds.
Alone and by itself, loss of gun rights is not considered a loss of a civil right. The feds only recognize the 3 core civil rights of jury duty, voting, and holding public office.
A misdemeanor conviction does not cause the loss of those 3 rights. However, I have recently discovered that is not true.
So a 1203.4 expungement even if it specifically indicates restoration of gun rights is not recognized by the feds. However, as I pointed out in my previous post, a misdemeanor conviction does cause the loss of the right to "hold public office" as a Notary Public. This right can only be restored with expungement under 1203.4. Therefore this now would qualify the convicted individual to properly show that one of the 3 core civil rights was lost and restored, thus qualifying him to regain gun rights under Lautenberg.
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