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> You can own a firearm with an assault conviction.
> Many felons have guns.
True. However William Moreno has a conviction for assault and battery of a family or household member. Thus he is prohibited by the Federal Gun Control Act from owning or possessing firearms.
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18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9)
18 U.S.C. § 922(g) states:
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;
(2) who is a fugitive from justice;
(3) who is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled
substance (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act
(21 U.S.C. § 802));
(4) who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or who has
been committed to a mental institution;
(5) who, being an alien-
(A) is illegally and unlawfully in the United States; or
(B) except as provided in subsection (y)(2), has been
admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa (as that term
is defined in section 101(a)(26) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(26)));
(6) who has been discharged from the Armed Forces under
dishonorable conditions;
(7) who, having been a citizen of the United States, has
renounced his citizenship;
(8) who is subject to a court order that–
(A) was issued after a hearing of which such person
received actual notice, and at which such person had an opportunity to
participate;
(B) restrains such person from harassing, stalking, or
threatening an intimate partner of such person or child of such
intimate partner or person, or engaging in other conduct that would
place an intimate partner in reasonable fear of bodily injury to the
intimate partner or child; and
(C) by its terms explicitly prohibits the use, or attempted
use, or threatened use of physical force against such intimate partner
or child that would reasonably be expected to cause bodily injury; or
(9) who has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor
crime of domestic violence
to ship or transport in interstate or foreign commerce, or possess in or
affecting commerce, any firearm or ammunition; or to receive any
firearm or ammunition which has been shipped or transported in
interstate or foreign commerce
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/922
see also
https://www.atf.gov/firearms/identify-prohibited-persons
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