The federal government has made it a crime for any person who has been convicted of a “misdemeanor crime of domestic violence” to ship or transport or possess any firearm or ammunition or receive any firearm or ammunition that has been shipped or transported. 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(9). To be convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic assault under Minnesota law,...
If you have been convicted of or adjudicated delinquent as a juvenile of a felony-level “Crime of Violence,” this applies to you. Currently in Minnesota, offenders convicted or adjudicated delinquent of a crime listed under Minn. Stat. § 624.712, Subd. 5 (Crimes of Violence) have a lifetime prohibition on possessing firearms. While on the surface this seems like common sense,...
What types of crimes are considered “Crimes of Violence”? Crimes of violence include felony offenses involving the commission or attempt of the following (Minn. Stat. §624.712, subdivision 5): Murder, manslaughter, assault, or encouraging suicide; Using drugs that poison, stupefy, overpower, or numb to injure or make a crime easier (Minn. Stat. §609.235); Robbery, and 1st-3rd degree burglary; Stealing an automobile, weapon, controlled substance,...
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