[jhenry]

America has become grossly over criminalized and that is for sure and for certain. That being said, I deal with this issue on a fairly regular basis. Felons, once they are OFF PAPER, in MO can have black powder weapons to include cap and ball revolvers. They can also have bows of any type. I always preface my statements by telling folks to call the ATF to make sure some egg head behind a desk somewhere did not go and change the rules again. No sense getting hammered in court over an act with no victim and no malice involved.

There are scads of felons out there who have that tag around their neck because of getting caught with a joint when they were 19, or getting behind on child support after an injury or some other pretty mild infraction.