Single Father of Four Has His Gun Rights Restored

Kelly Keegan’s client dreamed of teaching his children to hunt and to allow his significant other to keep her firearm into their home, but was unable due to a lifetime firearms prohibition resulting from a felony fifth degree marijuana possession conviction in 2003. Despite vigorous opposition by the prosecutor, Kelly successfully argued her client demonstrated rehabilitation both in regard to the offense and also as to gaining custody of his children, including an adopted son with developmental disabilities. In addition, Kelly argued that her client’s offenses were crimes of poverty and would not be repeated because he since has started a successful business with employees that he supervises. The judge agreed, restoring her client’s firearm rights so that he may now hunt once again, pass his knowledge along to his children, and allow his fiancée to bring her firearm into their shared family home.