The Lautenberg Amendment to the Gun Control Act of 1968, effective 30 September 1996, makes it a felony for those convicted of misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence to ship, transport, possess, or receive firearms or ammunition.
Note this, CONVICTED.
That's not what the op is talking about. A protection order is NOT a conviction.
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charging those subject to orders of protection who own firearms with federal crimes:
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I would be interested in knowing WHAT FEDERAL CRIME violating a state protection order is.