Gun Rights Restored for Client Who Dreamed of Hunting on Family Land and Teaching his Children to Hunt

Kelly Keegan’s client, when he was 17, threatened four other juveniles with a firearm in a jealous fit, following a bad breakup with a high school girlfriend. He was adjudicated delinquent of Terroristic Threats by a judge in Redwood County Juvenile District Court leading to a lifetime ban on possessing firearms. It has now been over 20 years since the offense and Kelly’s client went on to a stable career as an owner/operator truck driver, marrying his wife in 2011 and having four children. Kelly argued that the length of time since her client’s offense, his stable employment and happy family, and the lack of other offenses, clearly demonstrate that her client has rehabilitated. The judge agreed over the prosecutor’s objection, restoring her client’s firearm rights so that he can hunt on land that has been in the family for over 80 years, inherit heirloom firearms and teach his young children to hunt.