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Trump DOJ restores gun rights to 22 felons and offenders, including AZ lawmaker
The Justice Department plans to process up to one million annual petitions from non-violent felons seeking gun rights restoration under a revived program.
- The DOJ published names in the Federal Register listing 22 people whose federal gun rights were restored this year, including Jake Hoffman, an Arizona state senator facing a state indictment.
- Relief efforts date to a procedure dormant since 1992 that the administration is reviving, driven by a February executive order and a proposed petition process last summer, supported by gun-rights groups.
- Last summer DOJ proposed staffing 50 full-time employees and a $20 filing fee, citing the Supreme Court's Bruen decision; a USA TODAY analysis found over 3,400 comments with 90% support.
- DOJ warned the program could draw as many as one million applicants, while gun control organizations oppose the move and 14 people have pending pardon applications.
- Oyer was fired March 7, met by security guards with a firing memo signed by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, amid internal disputes and lawsuits accelerating restorations.
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